Daft sheep coming back from a plant (9)
I believe the answer is:
amaryllis
'a plant' is the definition.
The answer is an example.
'daft sheep coming back' is the wordplay.
'daft' becomes 'silly' (I've seen this before).
'sheep coming' becomes 'rama' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'back' is a reversal indicator.
'silly'+'rama'='sillyrama'
'sillyrama' back-to-front is 'AMARYLLIS'.
'from' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for amaryllis that I've seen before include "Lily-like plant" , "Large-flowered bulb" , "Plant with showy flowers - I rally Sam (anag)" , "Bulb with showy flowers" , "belladonna lily brought this about" .)