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1. The cloud surrounding
the frozen nucleus of a comet (4)
3. An endemic Hawaiian genus of 23 perennial species (8)
9. A widely cultivated Asian evergreen shrub
of the barberry family (7)
10. Eurhynchium moss (5)
11. Juniperus conferta (5,7)
13. Small genus of dioecious tropical aquatic plants (6)
15. A collection of star systems (6)
17. Annual with broadly ovate leaves and slender drooping
spikes of crimson flowers; southeastern Asia and Australia (12)
20. North temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and
conelike fruit; bark is used in tanning and dyeing and the
rot-resistant wood (5)
21. Brightly, usually blue, coloured tile of Spain. (7)
22. A common European salt-marsh aster (3,5)
23. Ointment (4)
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1. Tropical tree of Florida and West Indies
yielding edible fruit (8)
2. Mangifera indica (5)
4. In Greek mythology son of Gaea and father of the Titans (6)
5. Prunus americana (8,4)
6. A Mexican plant said to be tonic and aphrodisiac. (7)
7. A Hawaiian Rasp fern. One of the forms that Kamapua'a, the pig
god, could turn into at will (4)
8. Type of iris native to asia (8,4)
12. Papaveraceae (8)
14. A lichen (7)
16. Sesamum indicum (6)
18. Caesar weed, an invasive species (5)
19. Planet, Roman god of war and agriculture (4)
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