| AMOMUM | Any of a genus of plants of the ginger family, notable for their pungency and aromatic properties (6) |
| GALINGALE | The aromatic rootstock of some East Indian plants of the ginger family (9) |
| CARDAMOM | The capsules of several tropical plants of the ginger family (8) |
| CAPSAICIN | Colourless alkaloid compound in chilli peppers responsible for their pungency (9) |
| RAJIV | Gandhi family notable |
| ALLYL | An organic chemical group that occurs in the compounds that give garlic and mustard their pungency (5) |
| ABUTILON | Any of a genus of plants of the mallow family often having lobed leaves and solitary bell-shaped flowers (8) |
| FESCUE | Any of a genus of grasses cultivated as pasture and for lawns (6) |
| SKUA | Any of a genus of predatory gulls with primarily dark brown plumage (4) |
| GALANGAL | The pungent, aromatic root of a plant of the ginger family, dried and used as a seasoning and in medicine (8) |
| TURMERIC | Spice obtained from the rhizome of a plant of the ginger family, used in cookery, dyeing or to flavour golden milk (8) |
| MELEGUETTA | Also known as grains of paradise, a spice derived from a plant in the ginger family with a flavour r |
| ZEDOARY | Perennial Asian herb of the ginger family (Zingiberaceae) also known as white turmeric (7) |
| FREESIA | Plants of a genus of the iris family with clusters of yellow, white or pink tubular flowers (7) |
| HELLEBORE | Common name of a genus of plants that includes the winter-flowering Christmas rose (9) |
| BRONTOSAURUS | The name of a genus of famous sauropod dinosaurs that was reinstated in 2015 after being included in the genus Apatosaurus for more than 100 years. |
| HYACINTH | Member of a genus of bulbous flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae |
| ASPIDISTRA | A genus of plants of the asparagus gorup (10) |
| ROSCOEA | Genus of plants in ginger family, with orchid-like flowers - sort of coarse with nothing inside (7) |
| DONLEAVY | J P ___, Irish American novelist and playwright whose novels include The Ginger Man and A Fairy Tale of New York |
