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Notice Dutch origin (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

seed

'origin' is the definition.
(seed is a kind of origin)

'notice dutch' is the wordplay.
'notice' becomes 'see' (notice can mean to spot or see).
'dutch' becomes 'd' (common abbreviation).
'see'+'d'='SEED'

(Other definitions for seed that I've seen before include "Pip for sowing" , "Germ; beginning" , "Top tennis player" , "something in the garden" , "Biblical children" .)

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