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Name European plant in allotment (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

allocation

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'allotment' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'name european plant' is the wordplay.
'name' becomes 'Al'.
'european plant' becomes 'location' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'al'+'location'='ALLOCATION'

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for allocation that I've seen before include "Distribution, assignment" , "budget" , "Share" , "Allotment" , "Apportionment" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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