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Plant a kiss on Frank Lampard initially (4)

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I believe the answer is:

flax

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'plant' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how one could define the other.

'a kiss on frank lampard initially' is the wordplay.
'kiss' becomes 'x' (X can represent a kiss).
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'initially' indicates taking the first letters.
The first letters of 'frank lampard' is 'fl'.
'a'+'x'='ax'
'ax' after 'fl' is 'FLAX'.

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(Other definitions for flax that I've seen before include "Source of linen" , "Linen fibres" , "Plant from which linen is made" , "Fibre from a plant with blue flowers, used to make linen" , "Blue flowering plant cultivated for its seeds and fibre" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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