Flower — colour (6)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">This clue is a double definition.<br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">flower</span>' is the first definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that violet is a type of flower)</span><br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">colour</span>' is the second definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that violet is a colour)</span><br/ ><br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for violet that I've seen before include "A flower for a girl" , "See 9" , "Five-petalled flower" , "Colour midway between red and blue" , "It nods on Oberon's bank" .)
This clue might be a double definition.
'flower' is the first definition.
(both can mean the best example of something)
'colour' is the second definition.
The definition and answer can be both groups as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cream that I've seen before include "Thick milk" , "Elite; off-white" , "best people" , "Elite; colour" , "Top of milk or society" .)