Plan to have the French national symbol (5)
I believe the answer is:
maple
'national symbol' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how they can define each other.
'plan to have the french' is the wordplay.
'plan' becomes 'map' (plan can mean a map of something).
'to have' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'the french' becomes 'le' ('the' in French).
'map'+'le'='MAPLE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for maple that I've seen before include "Tree associated with Canada" , "Tree with winged seeds" , "Cathedral city in Devon" , "Canadian flag leaf" , "Emblematic tree of Canada" .)