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Flower spread gets trophy (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

buttercup

'flower' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'spread gets trophy' is the wordplay.
'spread' becomes 'butter' (I've seen this before**).
'gets' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'trophy' becomes 'cup' (cup is a kind of trophy).
'butter'+'cup'='BUTTERCUP'

(Other definitions for buttercup that I've seen before include "Common yellow meadow plant" , "found in meadow" , "Common grassland plant, poisonous to livestock" , "Common meadow flower" , "Bumboat woman" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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