See spades perhaps I dropped after turning over flower (5)
I believe the answer is:
lotus
'flower' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'see spades perhaps i dropped after turning over' is the wordplay.
'see' becomes 'lo' ('lo' is an archaic exclamation meaning 'look!').
'spades' becomes 's' (abbreviation in card games).
'perhaps i dropped after turning' becomes 'tu' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'over' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
's' put after 'tu' is 'tus'.
'lo'+'tus'='LOTUS'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for lotus that I've seen before include "Kind of cross-legged position for meditation" , "Mythical plant inducing languor" , "Plant that mythically induces languor" , "Mythical fruit inducing dreamy state" , "Flower causing forgetfulness - cross-legged position" .)