Small-scale plant's into carbon sailing-boats (6)
I believe the answer is:
bonsai
'small-scale plant's into carbon sailing-boats' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'into carbon sailing-boats' is the wordplay.
'into' indicates a hidden word.
'BONSAI' is hidden in the letters of 'carbon sailing boats'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(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" .)