Emerged from a flower (5)

I believe the answer is:

arose

'emerged from' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'a flower' is the wordplay.
'flower' becomes 'rose' (I've seen this before**).
'a'+'rose'='AROSE'

(Other definitions for arose that I've seen before include "Cropped up" , "Emerged from" , "Sprang up" , "Occurred; stood up" , "appeared" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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