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With trouble taken, raised plant (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dahlia

'plant' is the definition.
The answer is an example.

'with trouble taken raised' is the wordplay.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'trouble' becomes 'ail' ('ail' can be a synonym of 'trouble').
'taken' becomes 'had' ('have' can be a synonym of 'take'**).
'raised' is a reversal indicator.
'ail'+'had' is 'ailhad'.
'ailhad' backwards is 'DAHLIA'.

(Other definitions for dahlia that I've seen before include "Tuberous plant with showy flowers" , "Suggestive of soil" , "Flower from tuber" , "Flower, often ball-shaped" , "Showy, big-headed autumn flower" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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