Plant in area captured by company of Roman soldiers (8)
I believe the answer is:
centaury
'plant' is the definition.
(centaury is a kind of plant)
I cannot understand how the remainder of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for centaury that I've seen before include "Pink-flowered plant of gentian family" , "flowering plant" .)
I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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