| ALLSPICE | The whole or powdered seeds of a tropical American berry (8) |
| COCOA | Drink made from the powdered seed of the chocolate tree, possibly used in making a lumumba (5) |
| IVORYNUT | Seed of a tropical American palm; a source of vegetable ivory (5,3) |
| COCONUTS | Very large seeds of a tropical palm (8) |
| ANNATTO | A yellowish-red dye obtained from the seeds of a tropical American tree, used for colouring food and fabrics (7) |
| CARDAMOM | What aromatic seeds of a plant of the ginger family are used as a spice and medicinally? (8) |
| SIMARUBA | Author's upset with hitch over a tropical American tree (8) |
| CALABASH | A tropical American evergreen tree that produces large round gourds (8) |
| CATTLEYA | A tropical American orchid with purplish-pink or white showy flowers |
| GELATINE | It helps firm up liquid or powdered additives (8) |
| CINNAMON | Quilled or powdered aromatic "sweetwood" once traded along ancient spice routes, today commonly used to flavour buns, masala chai, snickerdoodles and swirly pastries (8) |
| AMARANTH | Grain-like seeds of a plant commonly called love-lies-bleeding, typically prepared in a similar way to quinoa (8) |
| TEAPARTY | One in Boston laid the seeds of a revolution... (3,5) |
| KAPOK | A silky fibre obtained from the hairs covering the seeds of a tropical tree (5) |
| DETAIL | Based on "to cut", a word for an individual fact or item; an area of a painting or map considered/studied separately from the whole; or, a body of troops set apart for special duty (6) |
| MUSTARD | From a word for grape juice, a hot-tasting condiment traditionally prepared by grinding the seeds of a brassica of the same name into a paste with said marc or stum; or, the yellow-ochre colour of thi |
| CASHEWS | Nut-like seeds of a tropical tree eaten salted as a snack or in stir-fries, curries, with noodles or |
| LIGNUMVITAE | The wood of a tropical American genus of trees, Guaiacum (6,5) |
| COFFEE | Hot beverage made from the roasted and ground seeds of a tropical Old World shrub |
| SESAMES | The small edible seeds of a tropical herbaceous plant are called what (7) |
