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Transplants transported to us (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

uproots

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'transplants' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with contact as well as being verbs in their -s form.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

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(Other definitions for uproots that I've seen before include "Displaces -- or put so (anag)" , "Completely destroys" , "Pulls (a plant) out of the ground" , "Tears from natural habitat or ground" , "Eradicates" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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