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One fruit coming up amidst vegetable garden feature (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

petunia

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'garden feature' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how one could define the other.

'one fruit coming up amidst vegetable' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'I' (Roman numeral).
'fruit' becomes 'nut' (nut is a kind of fruit).
'coming up' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'amidst' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'vegetable' becomes 'pea' (pea is a type of vegetable).
'i'+'nut'='inut'
'inut' written backwards gives 'tuni'.
'tuni' put inside 'pea' is 'PETUNIA'.

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(Other definitions for petunia that I've seen before include "Garden plant with large funnel-shaped flower" , "Flowering plant" , "Colourful" , "Plant related to tobacco" , "Common garden 13 across" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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