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Plate design of a floral nature (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

petal

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'a floral nature' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how one could define the other.

'plate design' is the wordplay.
'design' indicates an anagram.
'plate' is an anagram of 'PETAL'.

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for petal that I've seen before include "Part of a flowers corolla" , "part of seven [VIOLA]" , "Leaf-like part of flower head" , "Floral feature" , "One piece of corolla" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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