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1. The bark of Rhamnus purshiana, used as a purgative (7)

5. Pertaining to weather (8)

10. Indian side dish with a cooling effect (5)

11. Leguminous fodder plant (6)

13. Small hotels (4)

14. The beard of wheat, barley, etc (3) 15. Developing, maturing (10)

16. A variety of cabbage (4)

17. Dine, feed (3)

18. Highly reactive nonmetal responsibl­e for corrosion (6)

19. Poplars (6)

21. Countries, regions (5)

22. Insert a part of one plant into another (5)

24. What a cup often sits on (6) 27. Trapped, caught (6)

29. The fruit of a 39-across (3) (Picture A) 32. Number-one hit for Village People in 1978 (1,1,1,1)

33. Australian native tree valued for its wood, oil, gum and resin (10)

34. Cry, weep (3)

35. Termites or white … (4)

36. Popular flowering shrub (6)

38. National dish of the Philippine­s (5) 39. Shrub of the genus Rosa (8)

40. Alkanna tinctoria and the red dye made from its roots (7)

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1. Another name for water buffalo (7) 2. Freshwater alga containing spiral bands of chlorophyl­l (9)

3. An ornamental species of yucca (5,6) (Picture B)

4. The shape of a rainbow (3)

6. Large, edible, yellow-flowered plant of the parsley family (6)

7. Genus of arrowroot (7)

8. Devise, imagine (5,2)

9. The oily nut of Aleurites moluccana, of the South Sea Islands (9)

12. A standard cut of lamb, veal or pork (4)

20. Rough-textured 33-across (11)

21. Insect larva that bores into leaves (9) 23. Pyracantha spp. (9) (Picture C)

25. Sorts, categorise­s (7)

26. Dark red stalks eaten cooked (7) 28. Distribute, allocate (4,3)

30. The coloured, leaf-like parts of a flower (6)

31. Four-tenths of a hectare (4)

37. American movie actress, … Gardner (3)

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