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Silly name given to a single plant (7)

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I believe the answer is:

anemone

'plant' is the definition.
(anemone is a kind of plant)

'silly name given to a single' is the wordplay.
'silly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'given to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a single' becomes 'one' ('one' can be a synonym of 'single').
'name' with letters rearranged gives 'anem'.
'anem'+'one'='ANEMONE'

(Other definitions for anemone that I've seen before include "Woodland plant, eg the windflower" , "Plant of the buttercup family with brightly coloured flowers" , "Windflower - sea creature" , "perennial" , "Plant with brightly coloured flowers - found also in sea" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Mail.
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