Piece in a flower girl's basket (5)

I believe the answer is:

petal

(Other definitions for petal that I've seen before include "part of seven [VIOLA]" , "Brightly-coloured part of flower" , "Leaf-like part of flower head" , "Leapt (anag.)" , "Part of a flowers corolla" .)

I've seen this clue in the USA Today.

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