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Cut flower for stage (4)

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dais

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(Other definitions for dais that I've seen before include "Said to be a low platform" , "Welshman's" , "Platform, rostrum" , "Said (anag.)" , "Speaker's raised platform" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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