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One part of an animal that's vegetable (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cowslip

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'one part of an' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how they can define each other.

'animal that's vegetable' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'animal' could be 'cow' (cow is a kind of animal) and 'cow' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'slip' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for cowslip that I've seen before include "Flowering plant" , "Early spring flower" , "Plant with yellow flower" , "Type of primrose" , "Yellow field flower" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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