Regularly targeted plant (4)

I believe the answer is:

tree

'plant' is the definition.
(I know that tree is a kind of plant)

'regularly targeted' is the wordplay.
'regularly' means one should take alternating letters (regularly take one letter, leave next etc.).
The alternating letters of 'targeted' are 'TREE'.

(Other definitions for tree that I've seen before include "A number" , "Tall, woody plant" , "Shoe __ or family __" , "Large growth" , "Plane perhaps" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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