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Organise the list of a national flower (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

thistle

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'a national flower' is the definition.
'thistle' can be an answer for 'flower' (I have seen 'Scottish flower ' mean 'thistle' so perhaps 'flower' could also mean 'thistle'). I'm unsure of the 'a national' bit.

'organise the list' is the wordplay.
'organise' indicates an anagram.
'the'+'list'='thelist'
'thelist' anagrammed gives 'THISTLE'.

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for thistle that I've seen before include "National emblem of Scotland" , "Scotland's emblem" , "Prickly plant, emblem of Scotland" , "Scots national emblem" , "...Partick" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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