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In the present case, vegetation (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

herbage

'vegetation' is the definition.
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'in the present case' is the wordplay.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'the present' becomes 'here' (I've seen this before).
'case' becomes 'bag' (bag is a kind of case**).
'here' enclosing 'bag' is 'HERBAGE'.

(Other definitions for herbage that I've seen before include "Plant life" , "Vegetation" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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