Flowery lady starts languishing (6)

I believe the answer is:

floral

'flowery' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'lady starts languishing' is the wordplay.
'lady' becomes 'flora' (**).
'starts' indicates taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'languishing' is 'l'.
'flora'+'l'='FLORAL'

(Other definitions for floral that I've seen before include "All for (anag)" , "Such tributes" , "sort of arrangement" , "with pretty plants?" , "of a Roman goddess" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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