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Deal with shop ordering plant (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

asphodel

'plant' is the definition.
The answer is an example.

'deal with shop ordering' is the wordplay.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'ordering' indicates an anagram.
'deal'+'shop'='dealshop'
'dealshop' anagrammed gives 'ASPHODEL'.

(Other definitions for asphodel that I've seen before include "Lad hopes (anag) - flower" , "Flower of lily family - old heaps (anag)" , "Shop deal (anag.)" , "blooms from Elysian fields" , "Plant of lily family - lop heads (anag)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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