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Arcane Flora of Forgotten Lore
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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  • 1. Mythic blue bell reputed to guard secrets of Persephone’s return
  • 2. ‘Beautiful lady’ with toxic berries, used to dilate pupils and poison kings
  • 3. Flower of the Underworld meadows, linked to Hades’ eternal fields
  • 4. Lotus eaters’ fabled flora, inducing forgetfulness in Odyssey tales
  • 6. Snake-tongue fern, named for its serpentine reproductive spikes
  • 7. Poisonous resin once mistaken for sacred sap in ancient rites
  • 10. Mythic plant named after the drunken tutor of Dionysus, fostering wild growth
  • 12. Root reputed to scream at harvest, source of arcane potions and curses
  • 13. Sun-turning flower symbolic of eternal devotion and mythical illusions
  • 15. Phantasmal root variant in folklore, associated with nightshade and necromancy
  • 18. Milkweed revered and feared in Ayurvedic mythologies as both poison and cure
  • 19. Scarce bulb named after a sea nymph, blooming with spectral beauty
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  • 5. Herb of Crete, reputed healer with both blood-staunching and prophetic powers
  • 8. Ancient shrub entwined with Greek nymph tales, elusive to botanists
  • 9. Baroque foliage immortalized in Corinthian columns and ancient healing lore
  • 11. Mother-of-thousands, mythical for generating life from leaf edges
  • 14. Obscure herb once regarded as a bridge between mortal and faerie gardens
  • 16. Plant of fairy lovers, believed to ignite passion with subtle charm
  • 17. Lost ancient herb famed for contraceptive virtues and imperial trade
  • 20. Old French form of a plant that shrieks when uprooted, coveted in witchcraft

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