| SWEETBAY | Evergreen tree, binomial name Laurus nobilis (5,3) |
| REDMAPLE | Deciduous tree from North America whose binomial name is Acer rubrum (3,5) |
| ASHTREES | Woody plants known by their binomial name Fraxinus excelsior, currently under threat of the Chalara fraxinea disease in the UK (3,5) |
| TAUTONYM | Binomial name, such as Martes martes, Puffinus puffinus, Rattus rattus or Vulpes vulpes, in which generic and specific epithets are the same (8) |
| LANDRAIL | Grassland bird with chestnut markings on its wings, with the binomial name Crex crex (8) |
| BAY | Common name of Laurus nobilis - a coastal feature (3) |
| BAYTREE | Used in pairs to frame/flank a door and traditionally to ward off witches, a common name of the Laurus nobilis (3,4) |
| EBAY | Auction website for selling Laurus nobilis, perhaps! (4) |
| BAYLEAF | Single item of Laurus nobilis foliage, used in cooking (7) |
| INCLITUS | "Clarus" Caeneus, Ovid Met. 12.173 etiam "nobilis" Hector, 13.178 |
| CAMOMILE | Aromatic plant such as Anthemis nobilis, whose leaves and flowers are used medicinally |
| LINNAEUS | Latinised name of the botanist who formalised binomial nomenclature and was the first to remove bats from the birds and classify them under mammals (8) |
| HOGDEER | Animal whose binomial name is Axis porcinus |
| REDWOLF | Animal whose binomial name is Canis rufus |
| TRUMPETERSWAN | Animal whose binomial name is Cygnus buccinator |
| WILDHORSE | Animal whose binomial name is Equus ferus |
| POLARBEAR | Animal whose binomial name is Ursus maritimus |
| ABIESALBA | Binomial name for the silver fir |
| PARUSATER | Binomial name for the coal tit |
| GENUS | An organism's binomial name consists of a ___ and a species. |
