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Seen in Scottish mountain, a runner? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bean

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'runner?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both plants as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'seen in scottish mountain a' is the wordplay.
'seen in' indicates putting letters inside.
'scottish mountain' becomes 'ben' (Scottish term for a peak, eg Ben Nevis).
'ben' enclosing 'a' is 'BEAN'.

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(Other definitions for bean that I've seen before include "Fava, kidney or mung, say" , "Haricot, for example" , "Kidney-shaped seed as for coffee" , "Haricot seed" , "Vegetable; coffee seed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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