Biblical name for a plant out East (5)
I believe the answer is:
moses
'biblical name' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'plant out east' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'east' could be 'e' (abbreviation) and 'e' is found in the answer.
'plant' could be 'moss' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'moss' is present in the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'for a' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for moses that I've seen before include "one found in bulrushes, too" , "Liberator" , "He led the Jews from bondage in Egypt" , "He led the Jews towards the Promised Land" , "Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites on the Exodus" .)