Lad hopes to move plant (8)
I believe the answer is:
asphodel
'plant' is the definition.
The answer is an example.
'lad hopes to move' is the wordplay.
'to move' is an anagram indicator.
'lad'+'hopes'='ladhopes'
'ladhopes' with letters rearranged gives 'ASPHODEL'.
(Other definitions for asphodel that I've seen before include "blooms from Elysian fields" , "Lily-like plant, the flower of death to ancient Greeks" , "Lad hopes (anag) - flower" , "Plant of lily family - lop heads (anag)" , "Elysian plant" .)