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What to do if she's cold? (7)

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I believe the answer is:

heather

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'cold?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both human attributes as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'what to do if she's' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'she' could be 'heath' and 'heath' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'er' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for heather that I've seen before include "Evergreen shrub" , "that grows up in the Highlands" , "Lassie" , "thing seen on the moors" , "Moorland shrub" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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