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Discuss getting island a tree (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

conifer

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'tree' is the definition.
(conifer is a kind of tree)

'discuss getting island a' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'island' could be 'i' and 'i' is found within the answer.
'discuss' could be 'confer' (conferring is a kind of discussing) and 'confer' is present in the remaining letters.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for conifer that I've seen before include "Eg, pine, fir or cypress" , "E.g. yew, pine or fir" , "Evergreen tree" , "Fir or larch, for example" , "Fir or pine, for example" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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