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Argue over a name for member of the rose family (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rowan

'member of the rose family' is the definition.
(tree of the rose family)

'argue over a name' is the wordplay.
'argue' becomes 'row' (to row with someone is to argue with them).
'over' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'name' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation e.g. on forms).
'row'+'a'+'n'='ROWAN'

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for rowan that I've seen before include "Tree bearing bright red berries" , "Atkinson or Williams" , "Mr Atkinson, actor" , "Mountain ash (at Lambeth!)" , "Tree with orange-red berry-like fruits" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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