Flowers a fellow longs for (7)

I believe the answer is:

alpines

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(Other definitions for alpines that I've seen before include "Plants that grow in mountain areas" , "Plants in mountains" , "Natives of heights" , "Some plants; spaniel (anag.)" .)

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