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Plant back without Henry (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

campion

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

'back without henry' is the wordplay.
'back' becomes 'champion' (champion can mean to endorse or back).
'without' is a deletion indicator.
'henry' becomes 'H' (symbol for the unit of electrical inductance).
'champion' with 'h' taken out is 'CAMPION'.

(Other definitions for campion that I've seen before include "Edmund ---, martyr; Thomas ---, poet/lute composer" , "Wild flower (red, white or bladder)" , "Film director" , "Small flower; Thomas -, Elizabethan poet" , "Wayside flower" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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