Use paint to represent flowers (8)

I believe the answer is:

petunias

'flowers' is the definition.
(petunia is a kind of flower)

'use paint to represent' is the wordplay.
'to represent' indicates an anagram.
'use'+'paint'='usepaint'
'usepaint' with letters rearranged gives 'PETUNIAS'.

(Another definition for petunias that I've seen is " flowers".)

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