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Plant to restrain group of self-supporting dealers

Ross

I believe the answer is:

daisy chain

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'plant' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'restrain group of self-supporting dealers' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'group' could be 'chain' (chain is a kind of group) and 'chain' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'daisy' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'to' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for daisy chain that I've seen before include "String of flowers" , "Connect IT devices" , "Simple garland" , "simple floral arrangement" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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