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Lilacs Mae gathered - or some other flowers (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

camellias

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'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.

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(Another definition for camellias that I've seen is " shrubs".)

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