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Plant, peanut I gathered (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

petunia

'plant' is the definition.
The answer is an example.

'peanut i gathered' is the wordplay.
'gathered' indicates anagramming the letters.
'peanut'+'i'='peanuti'
'peanuti' anagrammed gives 'PETUNIA'.

(Other definitions for petunia that I've seen before include "Flower - tuna pie (anag)" , "Common garden plant" , "Bloomer" , "Common garden 13 across" , "Garden plant, originally from S. America" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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