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Stops holding up the flowers! (5)

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stems

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'stops' is the definition.
(stemming is a kind of stopping)

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(Other definitions for stems that I've seen before include "Structures that support plants" , "Stops" , "things growing?" , "Dams" , "gets arrested?" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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