| ARTICHOKE | Gourmet vegetable with a heart derived from the unopened flower of a species of thistle (9) |
| ROSEBUDS | Original name of Brownie Guides; or, the unopened flowers of plants propagated from berry-like hips (8) |
| CLOVE | Segment of a bulb of garlic; or, the unopened flower bud of a plant in the myrtle family used as an aromatic spice to flavour ginger cake or pumpkin pie (5) |
| COMPOSITE | Botanical description of a flower of a plant in the aster family such as that of the daisy, dandelion or chamomile (9) |
| PEKINGMAN | What name is given to the fossils of a species of homo erectus discovered in 1923 near Beijing? (6,3 |
| SERRATULA | Genus of thistle-like plants: eg S. tinctoria - aster 'Raul' perhaps (9) |
| HEARTBURN | Pick up head of thistle by stream? That's painful! (9) |
| PIMPERNEL | Flower of a type rarely identified in France |
| POMPON | From the Old French for "knot of ribbons", a tufted ball or bobble of silk or wool; a cluster of tinsel for cheerleading; or, a globe-like flower of a chrysanthemum or dahlia (6) |
| BUDGETCUT | Austerity measure sees unopened flower pruned (6,3) |
| ROSE | Flower of a plant related to apples; a diamond cut with facets mimicking said bloom's petals; a soft pink colour; a knot of ribbon on a shoe; or, a marigold window or oeil-de-boeuf (4) |
| EOS | Greek word for dawn, given as the genus name of a species of lory with red-and-blue plumage, reminiscent of the colours of the sky at daybreak (3) |
| TEA | With around 3,000 varieties including Earl Grey, English breakfast and Darjeeling, a beverage derived from the leaves of a species of camellia (3) |
| WHITECAP | A bird with a pale crown, such as the male of a species of redstart; or, a crested wave or breaker (8) |
| TEASEL | Prickly flower of a plant in the honeysuckle family with the snowberry, beauty bush, seablush, valerian and horse gentian (6) |
| GNOME | One of a species of legendary creatures said to live in the depths of the earth and guard buried tre |
| SPINK | Folk name, echoing its perfect fine flower of a call, for a charming songbird that binds its nest with spider webs and is commonly called a chaffinch (5) |
| STIGMA | In botany, part of a carpel that receives pollen such as that of a species of crocus used as the spice saffron (6) |
| PINECONE | Depicted in paisley patterns or as a finial, the strobilus of a species of conifer that can be used as a home-made weather station (8) |
| RHINO | White -; short name of a species of herbivore which is the largest land mammal after the elephant (5) |
