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Tropical plant Society woman raised (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

senna

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'tropical plant' is the definition.
(senna is a tropical plant genus)

'society woman raised' is the wordplay.
'society' becomes 'se' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'woman' becomes 'ann' (woman's name).
'raised' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (going up in a down clue).
'ann' reversed gives 'nna'.
'se'+'nna'='SENNA'

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(Other definitions for senna that I've seen before include "It produces pods" , "Formula One driver" , "purgative's needed" , "Champion driver.once" , "taking this to speed up motion?" .)

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