Never come across these phrases before. Help.

bone?

There are words that fit some of them but not all of them. Cannot think of a word that goes before 'everlasting' which seems to be the tricky one.

red

Helichrysum sanguineum

indeed

Thanks for that suggestion but what about red cork, never heard that one!

Red cork is a type of ... cork! Red cork oak trees grow in various parts of the world. I have seen them in Sardinia.

Try getting the answer yourself - it isn't that hard.

I have now come up with the word MOUNTAIN, it seems to fit better than RED,
although has anyone heard of MOUNTAIN MARROW?

An earthy mineral consisting chiefly of silica and alumina, with oxide of iron and various coloring substances found in Germany, Russia, etc., also in the tin-mines of Redruth in Cornwall (England)

Forgot to put that the more common name for the mineral "Mountain Marrow" is Lithomarge. It is a smooth, closely packed variety of kaolin.

Getting a bit desperate, sophocles?

It's been answered. Didn't you notice?

Mountain

Mountain Blue - an artists pigment from a mineral called Azurite or Chessylite
Mountain Ash - a name used for several unrelated trees and a town in South Wales, UK
Mountain Cork - (a) A white or grey variety of asbestos consisting of thick interlaced fibres and resembling cork in texture and lightness (it floats on water). Also called rock cork or mountain leather. (b) A fibrous clay mineral such as sepiolite or palygorskite (c) a US company making fishing accessories such as rod cases etc.
Mountain Devil - Australian plant (Lambertia formosa) , or a number of lizard species
Mountain Everlasting - UK /Irish plant (Antennaria dioica)
Mountain Marrow - Mineral consisting chiefly of silica and alumina
Mountain Sickness - Altitude Sickness
Mountain Soap - Australian soap brand

PS I have used British spelling.

Boiler ash.
Aqua blue.
Little devil.
Nothing's everlasting.
Prize marrow.
Morning sickness.
Carbolic soap.

spendius' little joke.

"Thirsty ash" is in Book V1 of Virgil's Aeneid.

I daresay. The questioner wants one word, not several different ones, I believe. Otherwise the puzzle would have many hundreds or thousands of possible solutions, which would make it pointless.



It doesn't say 'words', you will note.

I wasn't concentrating contrex. I'm still a bit giddy from winning the A2K "Pick-Um" football game.

How about "the".