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Trick with passion round back of bottling plant (8)

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I believe the answer is:

foxglove

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

'trick with passion round' is the wordplay.
'trick' becomes 'fox' ('fox' can be a synonym of 'trick').
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'passion round' becomes 'glove' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'fox'+'glove'='FOXGLOVE'

'back of bottling' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for foxglove that I've seen before include "Plants of the genus Digitalis" , "Plant (of the genus 10 down) with bell-shaped flowers" , "Source of 1 dn" , "that grows wild" , "Flowering plant that's source of digitalis" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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