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Cat takes to a new plant (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tomato

'plant' is the definition.
(I know that tomato is a food crop)

'cat takes to a new' is the wordplay.
'cat' becomes 'tom' (a tom is a male cat).
'takes' is an insertion indicator (take can mean to capture or invade).
'new' indicates anagramming the letters.
'to'+'a'='toa'
'toa' is an anagram of 'ato'.
'tom' put inside 'ato' is 'TOMATO'.

(Other definitions for tomato that I've seen before include "Fruit, often used as vegetable" , "A motto, strangely, for this fruit" , "Love apple (archaic)" , "Part of a BLT sandwich" , "A glossy red fruit eaten as a vegetable" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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