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Man's between dry lake's shores to see plant (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

thistle

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'plant' is the definition.
(type of plant)

'man's between dry lake's shores' is the wordplay.
'man's' becomes 'his' (belonging to a man).
'between' indicates putting letters inside.
'dry' becomes 'tt' (abbreviation for teetotal).
'lake's shores' becomes 'le' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'his' inserted inside 'tt' is 'thist'.
'thist'+'le'='THISTLE'

'to see' is the link.

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(Other definitions for thistle that I've seen before include "Scottish flower" , "Scottish national emblem" , "The list includes Scottish emblem" , "Lithest sort of spiky plant" , "Scotland's flower" .)

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