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Site Maria prepared for a herbaceous plant (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

artemisia

'herbaceous plant' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'site maria prepared' is the wordplay.
'prepared' indicates anagramming the letters.
'site'+'maria'='sitemaria'
'sitemaria' with letters rearranged gives 'ARTEMISIA'.

'for a' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for artemisia that I've seen before include "flavour of absinthe" , "Medicinal herb" , "Bitter tasting plant" , "species of plant" , "herbaceous plant" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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