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Form of hose used by gardeners (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hoes

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'by gardeners' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are plural nouns, I cannot understand how one could define the other.

'form of hose' is the wordplay.
'form of' indicates anagramming the letters (another form of the same letters).
'hose' is an anagram of 'HOES'.

'used' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for hoes that I've seen before include "Gardening tools" , "Garden tools" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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