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Flower once more dropped in dish, accordingly (10)

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I believe the answer is:

agapanthus

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

'more dropped in dish accordingly' is the wordplay.
'more dropped in' becomes 'aga' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'dish' becomes 'pan' (I have seen 'Shallow dish ' mean 'pan' so perhaps 'dish' could also mean 'pan').
'accordingly' becomes 'thus' (I've seen this in another clue).
'aga'+'pan'+'thus'='AGAPANTHUS'

'once' is the link.

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(Other definitions for agapanthus that I've seen before include "Flowers" , "Southern African plant of the lily family -- haunts a gap (anag)" , "Bloomer" , "garden plant" , "flower" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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