| VERVAIN | A wild verbena, thought to have medicinal powers (7) |
| GINSENG | Aromatic root with medicinal powers (7) |
| ONSEN | Japanese hot spring, particularly one thought to have medicinal properties (5) |
| LIGNUMVITAE | Wood from tropical American trees of the genus Guaiacum, formerly thought to have medicinal properties (6,5) |
| PLACEBO | Curative with no actual medicinal power (7) |
| LOZENGE | Diamond that may have medicinal properties (7) |
| ALOYSIA | Genus of lemon verbena - produces a oil, say (7) |
| LANTANA | Genus of tropical shrubs and woody perennials, related to verbena, with round heads of yellow, orange, red and pink flowers, often at the same time (7) |
| POLARIS | Hardy, pale-lilac verbena - 'North Star' (7) |
| HASTATA | Species term for 'spearheaded' like eg Verbena ___ leaves (in Shasta taxa?) (7) |
| ADMIRAL | Red -; migratory butterfly typically seen nectaring on buddleia, lavender and verbena in the summer |
| OPOPANAX | Odorous gum resin considered to have medicinal properties (8) |
| SENNAPODS | Snaps done badly may have medicinal effect (5,4) |
| LEMON | Citrus fruit with a scent echoed in a variety of balm, basil, geranium, grass, pelargonium, thyme and verbena (5) |
| LAPEL | A series of fine-leaved verbenas - place for a button hole? (5) |
| CHARTREUSE | Flavoured with some 130 botanicals including angelica, citrus peel, lemon verbena and star anise, a herbal liqueur distilled by French monks (10) |
| NAAFI | Verbena, a fine flower, as in the Navy, Army, and Air Force Institutes! (1,1,1,1,1) |
| TEAK | Large tree of the verbena family which has a dark oily wood of great strength and durability (4) |
| TEAKS | Trees of the verbena family |
| VENERABLE | Verbena struck the French as worthy of respect |
