| LILY | Flower, a symbol of whiteness (4) |
| SNOW | Symbol of whiteness |
| MAYBLOSSOM | Flowers a symbol some mostly abandoned |
| BLUE | Colour of the powder traditionally used to preserve the whiteness of laundry; or, in quantum chromodynamics, one of the "colours" ascribed to quarks (4) |
| IRIS | A flower, a goddess or an eye part (4) |
| WAXY | Readily moulded or showing a smooth whiteness (4) |
| GALA | Alpine flower, a cross between viola, valerian and violet (4) |
| YEAR | (OBC) "Cold the -, new whiteness wearing,/ Peace, good will to us a-bearing" (4) |
| GOLD | Hypericum x moserianum, ___ flower - a precious Xmas gift from wisemen? (4) |
| PLOT | Where you may see flowers; a number in a pot (4) |
| LAST | Thurber's 'The ___ Flower: A Parable in Pictures' |
| AMPO | Whiteness, in Palma |
| SHEET | Epitome of whiteness |
| ETIOLIN | And in France fiddle heading off the cause of whiteness? |
| BLOOM | A flower; a rosy colour; a healthy glow on one's cheeks; a fine powdery coating on chocolate, grapes or plums; or, a rapid seasonal flourish of algae (5) |
| PIP | An apple seed; a single blossom in a cluster of flowers; a rootstock or rhizome of the lily of the valley; or, a Bath star (3) |
| ALBEDO | Word derived from the Latin meaning "whiteness", for a measure of reflectivity of an object such as that of a planet or the Moon (6) |
| CALLALILY | Name a flower a flower (5,4) |
| PLUME | Showy feather; a pampas grass flower; a long-legged moth; an aigrette; or, a trail of smoke (5) |
| BUTTERFLY | With wings reflected in a lupin, sweet pea or other papilionaceous flower, a lepidopteran such as a "dice-box" fritillary or the nymphalid originally called a "red admirable" (9) |
