Rows in which insect may hide at the bottom of e.g. plants (10)
I believe the answer is:
eglantines
'plants' is the definition.
(eglantine is a type of rose)
'rows in which insect may hide at the bottom of e g' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'in' is present in the answer.
'insect' could be 'ant' (ant is a kind of insect) and 'ant' is present in the answer.
'e' could be 'es' (synonyms) and 'es' is found in the answer.
'g' is within the answer.
The remaining letters 'el' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for eglantines that I've seen is " Roses".)