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Developing roots and trunk (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

torso

'trunk' is the definition.
(both can mean a person's chest)

'developing roots' is the wordplay.
'developing' indicates an anagram (letters developed into a new form).
'roots' is an anagram of 'TORSO'.

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for torso that I've seen before include "Chest" , "Main part of human body" , "Body's core" , "Trunk; headless, limbless body" , "Body without head, neck and limbs" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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