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Enigmatic Botanicals: Chromatic Alchemy Quest
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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  • 1. Thistle relative yielding dull red and yellow saffron imitations
  • 2. Heartwood source of historically important yellow dye, old name mulberry
  • 5. Glucoside precursor of crocin, saffron’s colorant compound
  • 6. Molecular backbone of the classic blue dye from tropical leaves
  • 8. Middle Eastern shrub yielding orange-reddish body art pigment
  • 9. Latin adjective indicating dye-producing plants; subset taxonomy hint
  • 10. Iridoid responsible for blue pigment in some tropical fruits
  • 16. Central American timber that bleeds purple-black heartwood extract
  • 17. Alpine genus whose species can produce subtle yellowish pigments
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  • 3. Old European source of a cerulean hue, once rivaling indigo
  • 4. Genus hinting at spoon-shaped leaves, related to rare dye usage
  • 7. Plant-derived silica structures sometimes influencing dye fixation
  • 11. Insect-derived, but dependent on cactus, famed scarlet pigment source
  • 12. Anthraquinone derivative from madder root with crimson affinity
  • 13. Chemical ring found in certain plant dyes’ chromophores
  • 14. Genus whose roots yield a purplish-red dye prized in Asia
  • 15. Rare flavonoid compound linked to yellow pigments in obscure plants

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