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Factory put underground? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

plant

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This could be a double definition.

'factory' is the first definition.
(a manufacturing plant)

'put underground?' is the second definition.
'plant' can be an answer for 'put' (planting is a kind of putting). I am not certain of the 'underground?' bit.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for plant that I've seen before include "Factory; establish" , "Machinery; spy" , "Member of vegetable kingdom" , "Factory; organism" , "Vegetable organism" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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