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Flog wood (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

birch

I believe this is a double definition.

'flog' is the first definition.
(birching is a kind of flogging)

'wood' is the second definition.
(I've seen this before)

(Other definitions for birch that I've seen before include "Wood" , "Tree, maybe silver" , "Flogging rod" , "Tree bearing catkins" , "to beat the rest?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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