Cryptic crossword clue
Shout of approval accompanying flowering plants and shrubs 9

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

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The straight part
We know that "shrubs" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case shrubs = oleasters.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does OLEASTERS mean?

OLEASTERS noun
  1. A plant in the family Elaeagnaceae,
  2. Cultivated olive trees that have re-naturalized, sometimes treated as a species Olea oleaster, the wild olive.

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