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Laying out tenner, I grew a woodland plant (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

wintergreen

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'a woodland plant' is the definition.
'wintergreen' can be an answer for 'plant' (wintergreen is a kind of plant). I'm not certain of the 'a woodland' bit.

'laying out tenner i grew' is the wordplay.
'laying out' indicates an anagram.
'tenner'+'i'+'grew'='tennerigrew'
'tennerigrew' is an anagram of 'WINTERGREEN'.

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(Other definitions for wintergreen that I've seen before include "for which golfers head around Christmas?" , "Medicinal plant oil" , "shrub" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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