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I care about the plant

Ross

I believe the answer is:

erica

'plant' is the definition.
The answer is an example.

'i care about' is the wordplay.
'about' indicates an anagram.
'i'+'care'='icare'
'icare' anagrammed gives 'ERICA'.

'the' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for erica that I've seen before include "Girl's name - heather" , "Plant genus of garden heather" , "Plant of the heath genus" , "Heather, for instance" , "Girl - heather" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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