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Rose, inelegant drunk! (9)

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I believe the answer is:

eglantine

'rose' is the definition.
(eglantine is a kind of rose)

'inelegant drunk' is the wordplay.
'drunk' indicates anagramming the letters.
'inelegant' anagrammed gives 'EGLANTINE'.

(Other definitions for eglantine that I've seen before include "Inelegant sort of sweet-brier" , "Inelegant (anag.); wild rose" , "Milton's honeysuckle" , "Sweet brier" , "Strangely inelegant scented plant" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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