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Terribly mean individual in plant (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

anemone

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

'terribly mean individual' is the wordplay.
'terribly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'individual' becomes 'one' (an individual is one person).
'mean' anagrammed gives 'anem'.
'anem'+'one'='ANEMONE'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for anemone that I've seen before include "Plant; marine creature" , "Plant with brightly coloured flowers - found also in sea" , "bloom" , "climbing plant" , "bloomer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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