Plant manufactured soft coat (8)

I believe the answer is:

catsfoot

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'plant' is the definition.
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'manufactured soft coat' is the wordplay.
'manufactured' indicates anagramming the letters.
'soft'+'coat'='softcoat'
'softcoat' anagrammed gives 'CATSFOOT'.

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