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Clue deciphered about a central cluster of Egyptian trees (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eucalypti

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'trees' is the definition.
(eucalyptus is a kind of tree)

'clue deciphered about a central cluster of egyptian' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'about' could be 'ca' (short for circa) and 'ca' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for eucalypti that I've seen before include "shrubs" , "Oil sources" , "Gum trees" , "Gums" , "Oil producers" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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