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German cultivates rose bush (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gorse

'bush' is the definition.
(gorse is a kind of bush)

'german cultivates rose' is the wordplay.
'german' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'cultivates' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen 'cultivated' mean this).
'rose' anagrammed gives 'orse'.
'g'+'orse'='GORSE'

(Other definitions for gorse that I've seen before include "Welsh assembly" , "Moorland shrub" , "Yellow-flowering shrub" , "I'm always blooming" , "Prickly shrub, furze, whin" .)

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