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Plant a big one criminally (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

begonia

'plant' is the definition.
(begonia is a kind of plant)

'a big one criminally' is the wordplay.
'criminally' indicates an anagram (I've seen this in other clues).
'a'+'big'+'one'='abigone'
'abigone' with letters rearranged gives 'BEGONIA'.

(Other definitions for begonia that I've seen before include "Herbaceous plant whose flowers have no petals" , "Tropical plant" , "colourful flower" , "Common garden plant" , "bloomer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent and The Sun.
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