| ORRIS | Fragrant rootstock of the Florentine iris used in perfumes (5) |
| SARTO | Italian word for "tailor", which is the epithet of the Florentine painter Andrea d'Agnolo di Francesco di Luca, whose frescos include The Journey of the Magi and The Nativity of the Virgin (5) |
| LIPPI | Fra Filippo ---, 15th Century Italian painter of the Florentine school, noted for his frescoes at Prato Cathedral (5) |
| ORRISROOT | Alternative name for the Florentine iris, whose dried and powdered rhizomes are used in perfumery (5-4) |
| TUBER | In botany, the genus of truffles; the thickened subterranean stem of the Jerusalem artichoke, potato or yam; or, the rootstock of the cyclamen or the dahlia (5) |
| MYRRH | Fragrant gum resin obtained from trees of the African and Asian genus Commiphora, used in perfumes, incense and medicines (5) |
| CIVET | Catlike mammal secreting musk used in perfumes (5) |
| ETHYL | Sweet-smelling liquid made from acetic acid and ethanol, used in perfumes and as a solvent (5) |
| ESTER | Girl announced compound used in perfume (5) |
| LYS | Fleur-de-___: stylised lily or iris used in symbolism (3) |
| RHIZOME | Underground stem of lily of the valley, or the rootstock of ginger/turmeric (7) |
| TARO | Edible rootstock of the Pacific |
| BERTRAM | Who bears himself bravely in the Florentine Wars and is the Count of Rossillion in All's Well That Ends Well? |
| GALINGALE | The aromatic rootstock of some East Indian plants of the ginger family (9) |
| COSIMODEMEDICI | Banker who used his vast fortune to control the Florentine political system in the 15th century |
| GINGER | The rootstock of this plant is used for its flavouring (6) |
| FLEURDELIS | Iris used filler getting made up (5-2-3) |
| RACE | Rootstock of ginger; a speed trial; or, a rapid current of water (4) |
| ORRISES | Term for some irises noted for their fragrant rootstock (7) |
| VESPUCCI | America is called after the Florentine navigator (8) |
