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Stimulate in garden plot - put forth shoots (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

burgeoned

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'plot put forth shoots' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'stimulate in garden' is the wordplay.
'stimulate' becomes 'urgeon' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'garden' becomes 'bed' (I've seen this in other clues).
'urgeon' placed within 'bed' is 'BURGEONED'.

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(Other definitions for burgeoned that I've seen before include "Developed and flourished" , "Ego burden (anag.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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