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A plant in the form of a glove (6)

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I believe the answer is:

lovage

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'a plant in' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how one could define the other.

'form of a glove' is the wordplay.
'form of' is an anagram indicator (another form of the same letters).
'a'+'glove'='aglove'
'aglove' is an anagram of 'LOVAGE'.

'the' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for lovage that I've seen before include "F" , "Parsley relative - a glove (anag)" , "Herb and salad plant" , "Salad plant from a glove?" , "Salad plant from southern Europe" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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