| ARIL | Fleshy, often brightly coloured seed covering on plants such as the yew and nutmeg, developed from or near the seed stalk (funicle) (4) |
| CHURCHYARDS | Patches of land adjoining or surrounding places of worship, often planted with yew trees (in theory to keep out cattle, as the yew is poisonous) (11) |
| PINENUT | The edible cream-coloured seed of certain evergreen coniferous trees (4,3) |
| BEARD | Tuft of hairs or bristles on plants such as barley and wheat; the awn (5) |
| CATKIN | Cluster of small flowers arranged along a slender stalk found on plants such as willow and hazel (6) |
| BLISTER | White ___ causes pustules on plants such as brassicas (7) |
| TREES | With cambia, canopies, crowns and trunks, woody plants such as the beeches, elms, hornbeams, horse chestnuts, oaks and Britain's oldest specimens, the yews |
| BLAZER | What is a lightweight jacket, often brightly coloured, as worn by sportspeople (6) |
| ROSEUM | Latin word used in the scientific names of plants such as the rosy hyacinth-orchid and the rose geranium (6) |
| PETAL | Any of the often brightly coloured parts of a flower (5) |
| WRASSE | A beautiful often brightly coloured percoid fish of coral reefs or tropical waters, yet its name, from Cornish or Welsh, means "old woman" or "hag" (6) |
| BULBS | Underground parts of plants such as the crocus, dahlia, winter aconite, chionodoxa (glory-of-the-snow) snowdrop and narcissus (5) |
| GOLEM | The 19th century mythical creature of Prague, created to protect the city's Jewish population from o |
| CERE | Waxy, often brightly-colored fleshy area at the base of some birds' beaks |
| MACE | Spice made from the dried red seed covering (aril) of the nutmeg plant (Myristica fragrans) (4) |
| CORM | An underground storage organ present in plants such as the crocus and gladioli (4) |
| TAPROOTS | The single underground organs of plants, such as the dandelion, growing vertically downwards (8) |
| RHIZOME | A thick horizontal underground stem of plants such as the mint and iris (7) |
| EPHEDRINE | Crystalline alkaloid drug obtained from plants such as the Chinese Ma Huang, used to treat respiratory disorders including asthma (9) |
| NUPHAR | Genus of aquatic plants such as the water lily species lutea and pumila (6) |
