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A notice about a poisonous plant (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aconite

'a poisonous plant' is the definition.
(aconite is a kind of poisonous plant)

'a notice about' is the wordplay.
'about' indicates anagramming the letters.
'notice' is an anagram of 'conite'.
'a'+'conite'='ACONITE'

(Other definitions for aconite that I've seen before include "potential killer" , "Yellow-flowered plant" , "Poisonous flowering plant" , "Flower, for example monkshood or wolfsbane" , "Spring flower - poison" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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