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Make war on a tree! (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rowan

'a tree' is the definition.
(type of tree)

'make war on' is the wordplay.
'make' is an anagram indicator.
'war'+'on'='waron'
'waron' is an anagram of 'ROWAN'.

(Other definitions for rowan that I've seen before include "Man" , "Mountain ash (at Lambeth!)" , "Tree with orange-red berry-like fruits" , "Mr Atkinson, actor" , "The mountain ash tree" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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