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Put up about £1 for a flower (5)

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I believe the answer is:

tulip

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'flower' is the definition.
(tulip is a type of flower)

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(Other definitions for tulip that I've seen before include "Bulb producing a single showy flower" , "... and another [FLOWER]" , "Liliaceous plant with a spring flower" , "Plant, it's name shares an origin with turban" , ""Dutch" flower" .)

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