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Plant on a grimy ground (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

agrimony

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

'on a grimy ground' is the wordplay.
'ground' indicates anagramming the letters (grind the letters ).
'on'+'a'+'grimy'='onagrimy'
'onagrimy' with letters rearranged gives 'AGRIMONY'.

(Other definitions for agrimony that I've seen before include "Growth" , "Plant with yellow flower-spikes" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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