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Name given to stone or cactus (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nopal

'cactus' is the definition.
(nopal is a kind of cactus)

'name given to stone' is the wordplay.
'name' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation e.g. on forms).
'given to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'stone' becomes 'opal' (I've seen this before**).
'n'+'opal'='NOPAL'

'or' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for nopal that I've seen before include "Prickly type" , "Prickly pear cactus" , "Prickly growth" , "Mexican cactus" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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