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Arcane Botany and Venomous Lore
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
  • 1. Ancient resin with sacred and medicinal venomous ties
  • 2. Toxic chemical derived from certain plant seeds
  • 3. Monkshood’s botanical name, a lethal alkaloid source
  • 5. Deadly beauty with toxic berries once prized cosmetically
  • 7. Hemlock genus deadly if mistaken for parsley
  • 8. Elvish woodland realm famed for golden mallorn trees
  • 10. Woody nightshade with bittersweet reputation in folklore
  • 14. Root screaming in myth, used in arcane potions
Down
  • 4. Genus named for the Fate who cuts life’s thread
  • 6. Latin for sorcery using poisons and potions
  • 9. Fabled herb whose name implies serpent’s hidden power
  • 11. Underworld flower often associated with death’s gardens
  • 12. Another name for monkshood, bane of lycanthropes
  • 13. Latin genus of the healing mistletoe
  • 15. Foxglove plant source of heart-affecting toxins
  • 16. Poisonous nightshade linked to witchcraft and visions
  • 17. Desert candle flower linked to myths of immortality

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