Invitation to compete with setter, finding part of plant? (6)
I believe the answer is:
raceme
'invitation to compete' is the definition.
(race me!)
'setter finding part of plant?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'setter' could be 'me' (the setter of the clue) and 'me' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'race' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'with' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for raceme that I've seen before include "something flowery" , "Long cluster of flowers along the main stem" , "Elongated flower cluster" , "Elongated cluster of flowers along a main stem" , "Flowers evenly spaced along central stem" .)