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Plant people put back inside in top condition (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

anemone

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

'people put back inside in top condition' is the wordplay.
'people' becomes 'men' (men are people).
'put back' is a reversal indicator.
'inside' indicates putting letters inside.
'in top condition' becomes 'aone' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'men' backwards is 'nem'.
'nem' going into 'aone' is 'ANEMONE'.

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(Other definitions for anemone that I've seen before include "Growth" , "Flower; marine creature" , "A flower; mean one (anag.)" , "Pretty flower or sea animal" , "Kind of buttercup with white or coloured flowers" .)

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