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Plant in raid is past reforming (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aspidistra

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

'raid is past reforming' is the wordplay.
'reforming' indicates anagramming the letters.
'raid'+'is'+'past'='raidispast'
'raidispast' is an anagram of 'ASPIDISTRA'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for aspidistra that I've seen before include "Houseplant of lily family" , "The biggest - (in the world) (Gracie Fields)" , "something normally developed in-house?" , "For Asian native" , "Iris adapts (anag) - indoor plant" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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