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A jersey, perhaps, an item of underwear found in the meadow (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cowslip

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'the meadow' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how they can define each other.

'a jersey perhaps an item of underwear' is the wordplay.
'a jersey perhaps' becomes 'cows' (jersey is a kind of cows).
'an item of underwear' becomes 'lip' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'cows'+'lip'='COWSLIP'

'found in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for cowslip that I've seen before include "Type of primrose" , "Yellow wild flower" , "Wild spring flower" , "Wild yellow primula" , "bloomer" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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