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Plant vitamin on paramedic with hug (6)

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I believe the answer is:

bamboo

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'plant' is the definition.
(I know that bamboo is a type of veggie)

'vitamin on paramedic with hug' is the wordplay.
'vitamin' becomes 'B' (B vitamin is an example).
'on paramedic' becomes 'ambo' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'hug' becomes 'o' (O can represent a hug in written messages).
'b'+'ambo'+'o'='BAMBOO'

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(Other definitions for bamboo that I've seen before include "Tropical cane with hollow centres, used for furniture" , "Heavy tropical cane used in furniture" , "Giant tropical grass" , "Tall woody plant" , "'Tall, rigid grass (6)'" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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