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Nice for change to find evergreen (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

conifer

'evergreen' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'nice for change' is the wordplay.
'change' indicates anagramming the letters.
'nice'+'for'='nicefor'
'nicefor' is an anagram of 'CONIFER'.

'to find' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for conifer that I've seen before include "Tree such as pine, yew etc" , "one branching out" , "The tree doesn't lose its leaves" , "Fir or pine, for example" , "Evergreen tree" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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