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Root' - name for a country (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sweden

'for a country' is the definition.
(Sweden is an example)

'root' name' is the wordplay.
'root'' becomes 'swede' (I've seen this before).
'name' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation e.g. on forms).
'swede'+'n'='SWEDEN'

(Other definitions for sweden that I've seen before include "land" , "in E" , "We send out to here, oddly" , "Country with blue and yellow flag" , "ditto" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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