| THUJA | Either spelling of the evergreen conifer also known by its Latin name arbor vitae (tree of life) (5) |
| GUAIAC | Hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum. |
| DIERI | What is one of the spellings of the name of the Australian Aboriginal people of the Cooper Creek dis |
| ASPEN | Deciduous tree with leaves that quiver in the slightest breeze hence its Latin name Populus tremula (5) |
| UYGUR | One of the spellings of the official language of Xinjiang in China (5) |
| CEDAR | Evergreen conifer with fragrant wood that shares a botanical family with pines, larches and firs, as well as the Norway spruce, often used as a Christmas tree (5) |
| VERGE | Perhaps the evergreen part, by the way (5) |
| TENCH | Its Latin name is Tinca tinca (5) |
| DACCA | Former spelling of the capital of Bangladesh (5) |
| CUZCO | One of the spellings of the Inca capital in modern Peru (5) |
| PINEA | Pinus - - - - -, evergreen conifer otherwise called the stone pine (5) |
| GENOA | Anglicised spelling of the capital of Italy's Liguria region |
| OLIVE | The evergreen tree Olea europaea |
| TUDUM | Official spelling of the Netflix opening sound |
| RAGGEDROBIN | A campion in bloom during the months when cuckoos call, hence the latter part of its Latin name floscuculi meaning "flower of the cuckoo" (6,5) |
| OLIVEOIL | Liquid fat obtained from the fruit of the evergreen tree Olea europaea, used in cooking, soaps etc. (5,3) |
| CARATACUS | (One spelling of) the name of the leader of the resistance against Romans in Britain during Claudius's reign (9) |
| SIRTAKI | Either spelling of a dance performed in the 1964 film Zorba the Greek (7) |
| FLEURDELIS | Either spelling of a stylised representation of an iris traditionally used in French heraldry (5-2-3) |
| NUTMEG | Spice obtained from the seeds of the evergreen Indonesian tree Myristica fragrans, whose seed coverings produce mace (6) |
