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British capital laid out for plant (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bromeliad

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'plant' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'british capital laid out' is the wordplay.
'british' becomes 'b' (abbreviation e.g. in 'BBC').
'capital' becomes 'rome' (capital of Italy).
'out' is an anagram indicator (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'laid' is an anagram of 'liad'.
'b'+'rome'+'liad'='BROMELIAD'

'for' acts as a link.

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