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Small-scale plant's into carbon sailing-boats (6)

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I believe the answer is:

bonsai

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'small-scale plant's into carbon sailing-boats' is the definition.
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'into carbon sailing-boats' is the wordplay.
'into' indicates a hidden word.
'BONSAI' is hidden in the letters of 'carbon sailing boats'.

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(Other definitions for bonsai that I've seen before include "Japanese art of growing dwarf trees" , "Little Japanese growth" , "Japanese method of cultivating miniature trees" , "Japanese craft of growing dwarf trees" , "(Cultivation of) dwarf trees" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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