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Way a person cut a flowering plant (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stonecrop

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'a flowering plant' is the definition.
'stonecrop' can be an answer for 'plant' (stonecrop is a kind of plant). I'm not certain of the 'a flowering' bit.

'way a person cut' is the wordplay.
'way' becomes 'st' (short for street).
'a person' becomes 'one' (an individual).
'cut' becomes 'crop' (cropping is a kind of cutting).
'st'+'one'+'crop'='STONECROP'

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(Other definitions for stonecrop that I've seen before include "It blooms" , "Plant growing on rocks" , "wall flower" , "Wall-growing plant; soon crept (anag.)" , "Bloomer" .)

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