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Force brings down violas? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

flowers

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'violas?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both plants as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'force brings down' is the wordplay.
'force' becomes 'f' (symbol used in Physics e.g. f=ma).
'brings down' becomes 'lowers' ('lower' can be a synonym of 'bring down').
'f'+'lowers'='FLOWERS'

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for flowers that I've seen before include "Blossoms" , "Blooms" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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