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Flowering plants needed for Easter Sunday (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

asters

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'flowering plants' is the definition.
(aster is a kind of flowering plant)

'for easter sunday' is the wordplay.
'ASTERS' is hidden in amongst the letters.
But, I am not sure how the hidden word is indicated.

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(Other definitions for asters that I've seen before include "Otherwise known as Michaelmas daisies" , "Stares oddly at the flowers" , "A rest's a change from flowers" , "Daisylike flowers" , "Christmas daisies" .)

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