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Noted form of palm tree (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

maple

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'tree' is the definition.
(maple is a kind of tree)

'noted form of palm' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'palm' is 'mapl' which is within the answer.
A single letter 'e' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for maple that I've seen before include "Tree whose leaf features on the flag of Canada" , "Ample (anag.)" , "Tree with syrupy sap" , "Tree providing syrup" , "Tree providing Canada's national emblem" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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