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Flower that's split, right? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

river

'flower' is the definition.
(A river flows and is therefore a flower)

'split right?' is the wordplay.
'split' becomes 'rive' (synonyms).
'right?' becomes 'r' (abbreviation).
'rive'+'r'='RIVER'

'that's' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for river that I've seen before include "Thames is one" , "Tees, perhaps" , "One splits" , "Dee, Exe or Wye, say" , "course of 1d [ADVENTURE]" .)

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