Lilacs Mae gathered - or some other flowers (9)
I believe the answer is:
camellias
'some other flowers' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both plants as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'lilacs mae gathered' is the wordplay.
'gathered' indicates an anagram (the letters are gathered into a new order).
'lilacs'+'mae'='lilacsmae'
'lilacsmae' anagrammed gives 'CAMELLIAS'.
'or' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for camellias that I've seen is " shrubs".)