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Untouched as plant in midwinter? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

inviolate

'untouched' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'plant in midwinter?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'plant' could be 'viola' (viola is a kind of plant) and 'viola' is found in the answer.
'in' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'te' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

'as' is the link.

(Other definitions for inviolate that I've seen before include "not to be touched" , "Entire" , "completely untouched" , "Undamaged" , "kept free from damage" .)

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