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Rock plant lovers mostly want cultivated (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

navelwort

'rock plant' is the definition.

'lovers mostly want cultivated' is the wordplay.
'mostly' means to remove the last letter.
'cultivated' indicates anagramming the letters.
'lovers' with its last letter taken away is 'lover'.
'lover'+'want'='loverwant'
'loverwant' is an anagram of 'NAVELWORT'.

(Another definition for navelwort that I've seen is " plant".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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