Monarch with prizes for flowers (8)
I believe the answer is:
kingcups
'flowers' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both plants as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'monarch with prizes' is the wordplay.
'monarch' becomes 'king' (male monarch).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'prizes' becomes 'cups' (cup is a kind of prize).
'king'+'cups'='KINGCUPS'
'for' is the link.
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