| LADYORCHID | A magnificent epiphytic wild flower, often two feet high or more, named for the shape of its blooms, fancied to resemble bonneted Victorian women in spotted crinolined gowns (4,6) |
| MANORCHID | A wild "botanical gent" or rare "human-bearing" plant, named for its blooms resembling tiny fellows or miniature chaps (3-6) |
| NIGELLA | Genus of flower whose romantic name, love-in-a-mist, refers to its blooms appearing to float among its haze of ethereal filigree-like foliage (7) |
| NOR | It's often two words later than neither in a sentence |
| FLOWER | Plant cultivated for its blooms (6) |
| PAR | It's often two, in mini golf |
| BLEEDINGHEART | *Asian plant named for the shape of its pink and white flowers |
| BOXBRAIDS | Protective hairstyle named for the shape of its parts |
| STARANISE | Aromatic named for the shape of its seed pod |
| LEGGS | Brand named for the shape of the container it once came in |
| TBONE | Cut named for the shape of the lumbar vertebra |
| REDKITE | Milvus milvus, a bird of prey easily recognised by the shape of its tail |
| STAR | - magnolia, shrub that gets its name from the shape of its white blossoms around this time of year (4) |
| HORSESHOE | ____ crab, a large marine arthropod, so-called because of the shape of its shell (9) |
| MESSINA | It is a city and a port. It was first mentioned about 730 BCE. It was founded by settlers from Chalcis, who called it Zankle ("Sickle"), from the shape of its harbour. In Much Ado About Nothing (act 1 |
| OARWEED | Type of kelp named from the shape of its fronds |
| DIAMANTE | Poetic form named for the shape created by its seven lines (8) |
| QUATREFOIL | Fancy name for the shape of a four-leaf clover |
| PEONY | Depicted in Chinese art, a pink or white but never blue flower often displayed in a glass bowl or vintage vessel such as a ginger jar or trophy (5) |
| SNOWDROP | Woodland, parkland and garden flower, often the first sign of life after the winter and thus a harbinger of spring (8) |
