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Moorish plant in Jableh finally loading pistol? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

heather

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'moorish plant' is the definition.
'heather' can be an answer for 'plant' (heather is a plant). I'm unsure of the 'moorish' bit.

'jableh finally loading pistol?' is the wordplay.
'finally' says to take the final letters.
'loading' is an insertion indicator (some letters are loaded into others).
'pistol?' becomes 'heater' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
The last letter of 'jableh' is 'h'.
'h' put into 'heater' is 'HEATHER'.

'in' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for heather that I've seen before include "grows wild" , "Moorland plant" , "Ericaceous shrub" , "Small evergreen plant with purple flowers from highlands" , "Plant also called ling" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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