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Shrub identified by the Italian divorcee (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ilex

'shrub' is the definition.
(ilex is a genus of shrub)

'the italian divorcee' is the wordplay.
'the italian' becomes 'il' (the in Italian).
'divorcee' becomes 'ex' (I've seen this in other clues).
'il'+'ex'='ILEX'

'identified by' is the link.

(Other definitions for ilex that I've seen before include "The holly family of trees" , "'Tree group, includes holly (4)'" , "Tree of the genus that includes holly" , "Genus of trees that includes hollies" , "Holly, perhaps" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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