Cryptic crossword clue
Secondary flower 9

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word TRIBUTARY

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What does TRIBUTARY mean?

TRIBUTARY noun
  1. A natural water stream that flows into a larger river or other body of water.
  2. A nation, state, or other entity that pays tribute.
TRIBUTARY adjective
  1. Related to the paying of tribute.
  2. Subordinate; inferior
  3. Yielding supplies of any kind; serving to form or make up, a greater object of the same kind, as a part, branch, etc.; contributing.

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