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Vascular plant for fickle, feral men (4,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

male fern

'vascular plant' is the definition.
(male fern is a kind of vascular plant)

'fickle feral men' is the wordplay.
'fickle' indicates an anagram (a fickle or changing form of the letters).
'feral'+'men'='feralmen'
'feralmen' is an anagram of 'MALE FERN'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Another definition for male fern that I've seen is " Plant".)

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