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This plant's turnover makes phenomenal contribution (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

anemone

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

'turnover makes phenomenal contribution' is the wordplay.
'turnover' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (the letters turn over).
'contribution' indicates a hidden word (letters from the answer contribute to the clue).
'enomena' can be found hidden inside 'makes phenomenal'.
'enomena' back-to-front is 'ANEMONE'.

(Other definitions for anemone that I've seen before include "climbing plant" , "Bright flower or sea plant" , "Sea plant or garden flower" , "Buttercup-like flower or sea animal" , "bloomer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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