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Plant shown in Ask the Family persistently? (7)

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I believe the answer is:

pumpkin

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

'ask the family persistently?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'family' could be 'kin' (synonyms) and 'kin' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'pump' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'shown in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for pumpkin that I've seen before include "big, yellow, and round" , "Huge yellowy fruit" , "Large orange fruit of the squash family" , "Large round fruit - coach for Cinderella?" , "Large variety of squash" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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