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I go in carelessly with valuable plant (13)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bougainvillea

'plant' is the definition.
(bougainvillea matches up with the definition plant)

'i go in carelessly with valuable' is the wordplay.
'carelessly with' is an anagram indicator.
'i'+'go'+'in'='igoin'
'igoin' mixed up with 'valuable' can make 'BOUGAINVILLEA'.

(Other definitions for bougainvillea that I've seen before include "Ornamental tropical climber" , "Tropical woody climbing plant with red or purple bracts" , "Common climbing plant of the tropics" , "Woody climbing plant with conspicuous flower-heads" .)

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