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Extremely sessile, like herbaceous plant (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sesame

'herbaceous plant' is the definition.
(sesame is a kind of herbaceous plant)

'extremely sessile like' is the wordplay.
'extremely' suggests removing the centre.
'like' becomes 'same' (synonyms).
'sessile' with its middle removed is 'se'.
'se'+'same'='SESAME'

(Other definitions for sesame that I've seen before include "which magically opens" , "Plant yielding seeds used for flavouring bread" , "Plant grown for its seeds" , "said to be effective in opening spell" , "Plant with oil-rich seeds" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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