Dance technique never succeeded with fellow in plant (11)

I believe the answer is:

dicotyledon

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'plant' is the definition.
(dicotyledon is a kind of plant)

'dance technique never succeeded with fellow' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'fellow' could be 'don' (both can mean an academic) and 'don' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'in' is the link.

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I've seen this clue in The Times.

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