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Medicinal plant cultivated in vigneron's empire (7,8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

evening primrose

'medicinal plant' is the definition.

'cultivated in vigneron's empire' is the wordplay.
'cultivated in' indicates an anagram (cultivate can mean to polish or improve).
'vignerons'+'empire'='vigneronsempire'
'vigneronsempire' anagrammed gives 'EVENING-PRIMROSE'.

(Other definitions for evening primrose that I've seen before include "Herbal remedy" , "flower" , "flowering plant" , "Plant with pale yellow flowers" , "type of oil" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Telegraph.
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