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Plants gone wild within slanted line (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

begonias

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'plants' is the definition.
(begonia is a kind of plant)

'gone wild within slanted line' is the wordplay.
'wild' is an anagram indicator.
'within' indicates putting letters inside.
'slanted line' becomes 'bias' (bias is a kind of line. I am not sure about the 'slanted' bit.).
'gone' anagrammed gives 'egon'.
'egon' inserted into 'bias' is 'BEGONIAS'.

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(Other definitions for begonias that I've seen before include "O begin as flowers" , "Nosebag I put on for the flowers" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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