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Shrub with blight in seed (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

protea

'shrub' is the definition.
(protea is a kind of shrub)

'blight in seed' is the wordplay.
'blight' becomes 'rot' (both are a type of plant disease).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'seed' becomes 'pea' (I've seen this before).
'rot' placed into 'pea' is 'PROTEA'.

'with' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for protea that I've seen before include "South African shrub" , "Ascend" , "South African evergreen" , "South African plant" , "S.African flowering shrub" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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