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Resurrected old President with garden plant (4,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rose bush

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'garden plant' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'resurrected old president' is the wordplay.
'resurrected' becomes 'rose' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'old president' becomes 'Bush' (either of the George Bushes).
'rose'+'bush'='ROSE-BUSH'

'with' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for rose bush that I've seen is " Garden plant".)

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