Yellow flower survived around banks of Rhone (4-7)
I believe the answer is:
lily-livered
'yellow flower survived around banks of rhone' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'yellow flower survived around banks of rhone' is the wordplay.
'yellow flower' becomes 'lily' (I've seen this before. I am not sure about the 'yellow' bit.).
'survived' becomes 'lived' ('live' can be a synonym of 'survive').
'around' indicates putting letters inside.
'banks of' means to remove the middle letters (the banks are the sides of the word).
'rhone' with its centre removed is 're'.
'lived' enclosing 're' is 'livered'.
'lily'+'livered'='LILY-LIVERED'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for lily-livered that I've seen before include "Yellow" , "chicken" , "Weak and cowardly" .)