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Flower raised by American star (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sirius

'star' is the definition.
(Sirius is the dog star)

'flower raised by american' is the wordplay.
'flower' becomes 'iris' (iris is a type of flower).
'raised by' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'american' becomes 'US' (United States).
'iris' written backwards gives 'siri'.
'siri'+'us'='SIRIUS'

(Other definitions for sirius that I've seen before include "The Dog Star, brightest of the fixed stars" , "The Dogstar" , "Brightest star in the sky" , "Prominent star" , "It's known as the Dog Star" .)

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