The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word OXLIP
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result OXLIP
- Plant serving sauce with meat
- Planting kiss on cheek after love can be a bloomer
- Blooming supplier of meat and sauce
- Flower with neat edge
- Neat border plant
- Forty-one caught by Operation Flower
- Plant beef cheek
- Edge past farm animal, to pick this?
- Plant kiss on cheek after presenting ring
- Flower, very large one in centre of metropolis
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What does OXLIP mean?
OXLIP noun- The plant Primula elatior, similar to cowslip but with larger, pale yellow flowers.