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Dangerous plant forming two shapes (9)

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I believe the answer is:

sweatshop

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'dangerous plant' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
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'forming two shapes' is the wordplay.
'forming' indicates an anagram.
'two'+'shapes'='twoshapes'
'twoshapes' is an anagram of 'SWEATSHOP'.

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(Other definitions for sweatshop that I've seen before include "Place for wretched workers" , "Place employing exploited workers" , "Factory (derog.)" , "where work is hard" , "Factory using underpaid labour" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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