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Garden plant type of yucca hospital regularly wanted (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fuchsia

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'garden plant' is the definition.
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'of yucca hospital regularly wanted' is the wordplay.
'regularly wanted' indicates alternate letters (letters removed at regular intervals).
'of'+'yucca'+'hospital'='ofyuccahospital'
The alternate letters of 'ofyuccahospital' are 'FUCHSIA'.

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(Other definitions for fuchsia that I've seen before include "Flowering shrub" , "Ornamental flowering plant - reddish-purple" , "One blooming" , "If such a plant is a showy flower" , "Bush" .)

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