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Murderous creatures concealed inside flowers (7)

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orchids

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'flowers' is the definition.
(orchid is a kind of flower)

'murderous creatures concealed inside' is the wordplay.
'murderous creatures' becomes 'orcs' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'concealed' becomes 'hid' ('hide' can be a synonym of 'conceal').
'inside' is an insertion indicator.
'orcs' placed around 'hid' is 'ORCHIDS'.

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(Other definitions for orchids that I've seen before include "Highly prized plants" , "Chords I turn into flowers" , "Glamorous tropical flowers" , "Flowers from a rich sod" , "Showy plants" .)

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