The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word LOTUS
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More clues leading to the result LOTUS
- Plant covered in plot usually
- Lily’s yoga position
- Flower: item for sale by our group
- Flower to put back in boozer that's refused husband
- Item at auction, American flower
- A great many outside uranium plant
- Fantastic fruit, a good deal from Florida, say
- American after fortune for plant
- A car manufacturer’s plant
- Aquatic plant identified by many around university
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "Plant" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case plant = lotus.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.
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What does LOTUS mean?
LOTUS noun- A kind of aquatic plant, genus Nelumbo in the family Nelumbonaceae.
- A water lily, genus Nymphaea, especially those of Egypt or India.
- A legendary plant eaten by the Lotophagi of the Odyssey that caused drowsiness and euphoria.
- A number of other plants bearing lotus in their scientific or common names (see Derived terms below).
- An architectural motif of ancient Egyptian temples.