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Plain art could be evergreen (3,5)

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I believe the answer is:

air plant

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'evergreen' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both plants as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'plain art could be' is the wordplay.
'could be' indicates anagramming the letters.
'plain'+'art'='plainart'
'plainart' anagrammed gives 'AIR-PLANT'.

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(Other definitions for air plant that I've seen before include "isn't rooted to the ground" , "Epiphyte taking nourishment from the atmosphere" , "Epiphyte absorbing nutrients from the atmosphere" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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