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Favour little flower, perhaps (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rosette

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'favour' is the definition.
('favour' historically meant a token of affection)

'little flower perhaps' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'flower' could be 'rose' (I've seen this before) and 'rose' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for rosette that I've seen before include "Decoration made of ribbons" , "Type of award" , "Ribboned award" , "decoration showing support for party" , "Ribbon prize or badge" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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