Moan excessively, to who’ll listen, having excess of vegetation? (9)

I believe the answer is:

overgrown

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(Other definitions for overgrown that I've seen before include "covered with weeds" , "Wild" , "in oversize state" , "Covered by vegetation" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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