Note hairs ruined flower (9)
I believe the answer is:
hortensia
'flower' is the definition.
(hortensia is a kind of flower)
'note hairs ruined' is the wordplay.
'ruined' indicates anagramming the letters.
'note'+'hairs'='notehairs'
'notehairs' anagrammed gives 'HORTENSIA'.
(Another definition for hortensia that I've seen is " a shrub".)
I've seen this clue in The Times.
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