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Lops head off plant (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

asphodel

'plant' is the definition.
(type of flower)

'lops head off' is the wordplay.
'off' indicates an anagram.
'lops'+'head'='lopshead'
'lopshead' anagrammed gives 'ASPHODEL'.

(Other definitions for asphodel that I've seen before include "Shop deal (anag.)" , "Old shape (anag) - plant" , "blooms from Elysian fields" , "Mediterranean plant" , "Flower of lily family - old heaps (anag)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Telegraph.
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