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Remove untidy vegetation (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

scrub

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This might be a double definition.

'remove' is the first definition.
(scrub can mean to remove or delete)

'untidy vegetation' is the second definition.
'scrub' can be an answer for 'vegetation' (scrub is a kind of vegetation). I'm not certain of the 'untidy' bit.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for scrub that I've seen before include "Abandon" , "Get rid of" , "plants" , "Wash the stunted shrub?" , "Powerful wash" .)

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