| ASPHODELINE | Genus of perennial plants, including the king's spear, with thick, fleshy roots (11) |
| BEET | Thick, fleshy root vegetable, a good source of sugar |
| MARRYAT | Frederick -; naval officer who wrote sea stories including The King's Own and Mr Midshipman Easy and also developed a code of maritime flag signals (7) |
| FARCE | A dial including the king is a mockery (5) |
| ERIOPHYLLUM | Genus of perennial plants from the daisy family, with the common name of Oregon sunshine (11) |
| SANGUINARIA | Genus of perennial flowering plants, related to the poppy, and including the bloodroot (11) |
| RHODOCHITON | Genus of flowering plants, including the purple bell vine, in the diascia and nemesia family (11) |
| CALLITRICHE | Genus of plants, including the star grass and water fennel (11) |
| CALOCHORTUS | Genus of perennial and bulbous plants with such common names as the Mariposa lily, globe lily, fairy lantern, cat's ears and star tulip (11) |
| HIPPEASTRUM | Genus of perennial herbaceous bulbous plants (11) |
| SWEETPOTATO | The edible fleshy root of a tropical plant (5,6) |
| DIASCIA | Genus of perennial plants with the common name of twinspur (7) |
| AGRIMONY | Genus of perennial plants with slender spikes of small yellow flowers |
| CIMICIFUGA | Genus of perennial plants (many are now classed as actaea), with dense spikes of small, fragrant white flowers in early autumn (10) |
| ASTILBE | A genus of perennial plants with red or white flowers (7) |
| BREASTPLATE | It should deflect spear, with battle raging |
| BEGONIA | Genus of perennial plants of warm climates (7) |
| CALF | Thick, fleshy part of the back of the leg between the ankle and the knee (4) |
| PEA | A family of plants including the garden Pisum sativum; a seed of the latter, eaten as a vegetable or blown through a shooter; or, a tiny cob of coal, coffee berry, roe of salmon or stone, when akin to |
| SEDUM | Rock plant with thick, fleshy leaves and clusters of flowers, known as stonecrop (5) |
