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Britten composition found inside Bird's plant (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

montbretia

'plant' is the definition.
(montbretia is a plant genus)

'britten composition found inside bird's' is the wordplay.
'composition' is an anagram indicator.
'found inside' indicates putting letters inside.
'bird' becomes 'moa' (extinct flightless bird of New Zealand).
'britten' with letters rearranged gives 'ntbreti'.
'ntbreti' placed into 'moa' is 'MONTBRETIA'.

(Another definition for montbretia that I've seen is " destroyed plant".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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