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Something often required by salads is decoration (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dressing

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This clue could be a double definition.

'something often required by salads' is the first definition.
I know that 'salads' relates to this answer.

'decoration' is the second definition.
The answer and definition can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
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(Other definitions for dressing that I've seen before include "Salad sauce; a bandage" , "the early-morning routine" , "Mustard" , "Sauce - protection for wound" , "Saucy thing" .)

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