Sailing the 5 seas
Travel from Colombia to Jamaica across this sea
The Caribbean Sea
The chocolate is an appropriately tanned version of this flower that will make your garden shine
A Sunflower
I say potato you say...
Spud
To the Greeks the goddess of the moon was Selene; to the Romans her
Luna
The CIA once tried to knock off Fidel Castro with a poisoned box of these smokes
Cigars
Odessa & Sochi are ports on this sea that looks dark in winter due to heavy fogs
The Black Sea
As the name implies these flowers are so happy to propagate that their seeds burst out with great alacrity
Impatiens
To cook food by slow boiling perhaps in one's own juice
Stew
This nickname is given to the full moon occurring nearest to the time of the autumnal equinox
The Harvest Moon
The Medians & Lydians who were on the battlefield in 585 B.C. saw one of these in the sky & laid down their arms
An Eclipse
The Germans call this bordering sea Ostsee; the Swedes' Ostersjon
The Baltic
This flower with a precious metal in its name is sure to bring joy to all who behold one
A Marigold
Japanese wrestling
Sumo
Formed less than 1 billion years ago this 58-mile-wide crater bears the name of a Polish astronomer
Copernicus
During this president's funeral at the Hermitage his parrot commenced swearing so loud & long as to disturb the people
Andrew Jackson
In 1822 a Russian navy captain named this sea off his nation's east coast for a Danish explorer
The Bering Sea
Z is for this zesty flower that's hardy and stands up well to drought
Zinnia
To influence someone's opinion or to move to & fro
Sway
A plaque reading Here man completed his first explorations of the Moon is still there signed by this president
Nixon
Cheers to this pirate captain arrested in 1672 but later knighted by Charles II & made Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica
Captain Henry Morgan
On the other side of Greece from the Aegean this sea is the Mediterranean's deepest maxing at more than 16000 feet
The Ionian
Yes Iggy this rhododendron variety is the pride of the South
Azalea
Fine sand or soil deposited as sediment
Silt
Meaning rounded this odd word is used of the moon when it's bigger than a semicircle but not yet a full circle
A Gibbous
Before his fatal 1863 wound this Confederate general suffered a wound in his hand as he stretched it high to help his equilibrium
Stonewall Jackson