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Son with present (sweet flower) (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

snowdrop

'flower' is the definition.
(snowdrop is a kind of flower)

'son with present sweet' is the wordplay.
'son' becomes 's' (genealogical abbreviation for son).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'present' becomes 'now' (both can mean the current period).
'sweet' becomes 'drop' (I've seen this before).
's'+'now'+'drop'='SNOWDROP'

(Other definitions for snowdrop that I've seen before include "Late winter flower" , "Bulbous plant that flowers in early spring" , "White-flowered plant (Galanthus nivalis)" , "Spring plant with bell-shaped flowers" , "A blooming" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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