The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word GINSENG
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result GINSENG
- Element of Pugin’s Englishness – it’s radically restorative
- Nag about nines when one over the eight, stimulating stuff
- What may restore fount of knowledge from King’s, after playing with some appropriate language
- Tonic needed by English after spirits?
- Origin’s English, showing root
- Sing about English herbal remedy
- Shorts with English tonic
- Herbal remedy gives new endless drive in performance
- There’s a tonic in eggs scrambled around mid-morning
- Drink is English stimulant
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What does GINSENG mean?
GINSENG noun- Any plant of two species of the genus Panax (Panax ginseng and Panax quinquefolius), having forked roots supposed to have medicinal properties.
- The root of such a plant, or an extract of these roots.