The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word COROLLA
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More clues leading to the result COROLLA
- Ring within ring, close to anther elsewhere?
- Part of plant climbing wall, or occasionally, fences
- Carbon ring coil associated with a petal formation
- Natural consequence – abandoning railway, gets a car
- Company to start operating a part of plant
- Fancy collar wrapped round flowery section
- Wheel around in short coat in a circle of flowers
- Completely love fabulous bird lifting part of bloomers
- Set of petals and crumbs on Iberian dish
- Part of a flower and egg roll consumed by tailless feline
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "part of plant" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case part of plant = corolla.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does COROLLA mean?
COROLLA noun- An outermost-but-one whorl of a flower, composed of petals, when it is not the same in appearance as the outermost whorl (the calyx); it usually comprises the petal, which may be fused.