Answer list
Plants
59 answers that belong to this category, from 3 to 9 letters.
Most are 4 or 6 letters long. The first letters that occur most often are C, B, H. Each answer links to its own page with more clues.
This list has 59 answers, from 3 to 9 letters; 49% of them have five to seven. In crosswords the category is usually signalled by a short opener such as “green”, “leafy”, so the clue narrows the family before the crossings do. The members that catch solvers out are the rarer ones: CUMIN (Aromatic spice seed), EGGPLANT (Purple vegetable) and ANIL (Indigo shrub).
| Answer | Clue |
|---|---|
| ALOE | Burn-soothing plant |
| ANGELICA | Aromatic herb |
| ANIL | Indigo shrub |
| ASPARAGUS | Green spear vegetable |
| AZALEA | Flowering shrub |
| BASIL | Pesto herb |
| BEET | Red root vegetable |
| BENNET | Avens plant |
| BENNY | Oilseed herb |
| BROCCOLI | Green floret vegetable |
| BUSH | Low garden shrub |
| CABBAGE | Leafy head |
| CACTUS | Desert plant with spines |
| CANE | Plant stem or stick |
| CANNABIS | Hemp plant |
| CARROT | Crunchy orange vegetable |
| CELERY | Crunchy green stalk |
| CLOVER | Lucky leaf plant |
| COLE | Cabbage variety |
| CUCUMBER | Green salad vegetable |
| CUMIN | Aromatic spice seed |
| DAPHNE | Scented shrub |
| DILL | Pickle seasoning herb |
| EGGPLANT | Purple vegetable |
| FERN | Green frond plant |
| FLAX | Linen fiber plant |
| FLORA | Plant life |
| GINGER | Spicy root |
| GRASS | Lawn plant |
| HAWTHORN | May blossom shrub |
| HEATHER | Moorland shrub |
| HEDGE | Shrub fence |
| HEMP | Strong fiber plant |
| HERB | Cooking plant |
| HOP | Beer ingredient |
| IVY | Climbing green plant |
| JASMINE | Fragrant flowering plant |
| JUNIPER | Evergreen berry shrub |
| KALE | Leafy cabbage |
| KALI | Salt-marsh plant |
| LETTUCE | Leafy salad green |
| LILY | Flowering plant |
| MOSS | Small green plant |
| MYRTLE | Evergreen shrub |
| PARSLEY | Leafy kitchen herb |
| POTATO | Common root vegetable |
| PUMPKIN | Orange squash |
| REED | Marsh plant |
| ROSEMARY | Fragrant cooking herb |
| RUE | Herb with bitter leaves |
| SESAME | Bun seed |
| SPINACH | Dark leafy green vegetable |
| THYME | Savory kitchen herb |
| TOBACCO | Smoking plant |
| TORCH | Portable flame |
| TREE | Plant with bark |
| VANILLA | Plain ice cream flavor |
| VINE | Climbing plant |
| YAM | Sweet orange tuber |
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