| SPIKENARD | The aromatic Indian plant Nardostachys jatamans, which has rose-purple flowers |
| GLADIATOR | Ornamental allium with large rose-purple flowers - eg Spartacus (9) |
| VENUSTA | Filipendula rubra '___' has rose-pink flower spikes - part of seven US tagetes! (7) |
| LESPEDEZA | ___ thunbergii, or bush clover, has arching shoots with rose-purple racemes (9) |
| ASSAM | Aromatic Indian export |
| GALINGALE | The aromatic rootstock of some East Indian plants of the ginger family (9) |
| CELERY | Based on the Greek for "parsley", an umbellifer, such as the "pascal" variety with crisp leaf-stalks served in salads or used as a base ingredient in the aromatic mixture mirepoix (6) |
| ALECOST | The aromatic balsam plant, bible leaf or mint geranium, whose name in question refers to its traditional use in brewing to flavour English gruit beer prior to the introduction of hops (7) |
| OLEORESIN | Fragrant mix of essential oils with amber, balsam, conima, elemi, frankincense, mastic or myrrh "tears", which captures the aromatic essence of a plant in a concentrated form (9) |
| ORIGAN | The aromatic herb on the inside is capital |
| KAVA | Drink obtained from the aromatic roots of the Polynesian shrub, Piper methysticum (4) |
| TARRAGON | The aromatic plant Artemisia dracunculus, whose leaves are used as seasoning |
| ARROWROOT | Starch obtained from the rhizomes of the West Indian plant Maranta arundinacea (9) |
| ORANGES | Known collectively as a "pocket", the aromatic hesperidia modelled in chocolate by Terry's, studded with cloves to make pomanders or placed in stockings at Christmas to represent the sacks of coins se |
| ORIGANUM | Genus of the aromatic "joy of the mountain" plants, including marjoram, aka winter-sweet, and a herb used for seasoning lamb, pizza or tomatoes (8) |
| OLIBANUM | Another name for the aromatic resin frankincense |
| THYME | The aromatic herb that healthy men cannot do without (5) |
| SAFFLOWER | Indian plant with orange or red flowers from which dye and an oil are obtained for use in cooking, p |
| BANYANTREE | Sacred Indian plant also called the strangler fig |
| DERRIS | E. Indian plant of the legume family, whose roots are used as an insecticide. |
