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Normal insect dropping head on flower (7)

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I believe the answer is:

natural

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'normal' is the definition.
('natural' can be similar in meaning to 'normal')

'insect dropping head on flower' is the wordplay.
'insect' becomes 'gnat' (gnat is a kind of insect).
'dropping head' means to remove the first letter.
'on flower' becomes 'ural' (I've seen this before. I am not sure about the 'on' bit.**).
'gnat' with its initial letter taken away is 'nat'.
'nat'+'ural'='NATURAL'

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(Other definitions for natural that I've seen before include "Not synthetic or man-made" , "in a pack, not wild?" , "Not man-made; off-white" , "Unsophisticated" , "Innate - neither flat nor sharp" .)

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