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Part of a flower enclosing the petals (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sepal

(Other definitions for sepal that I've seen before include "Enclosing part of flower" , "Part of a flowering plant" , "Calyx segment" , "Part of a flower casing" , "flowery bit" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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