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A container like this is needed for prickly plant (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

acanthus

'prickly plant' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'a container like this is needed' is the wordplay.
'container' becomes 'can' (can is a kind of container).
'like this' becomes 'thus' (I've seen this before).
'is needed' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'a'+'can'+'thus'='ACANTHUS'

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for acanthus that I've seen before include "Kind of leaves" , "Bush?" , "Leaves carved on a Corinthian column" , "capital decoration" , "Widely grown Mediterranean plant with spiny leaves" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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