Lily Allen discovered US fried bananas (5-2-3)

'lily' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both plants as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'allen discovered us fried bananas' is the wordplay.
'discovered' means to look at the middle letters (dis-covered - outer letters removed).
'bananas' indicates an anagram (informal term for mad).
The middle of 'allen' is 'lle'.
'lle'+'us'+'fried'='lleusfried'
'lleusfried' is an anagram of 'FLEUR-DE-LIS'.

Can you help me to learn more?