The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word INVASIVE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result INVASIVE
- Encroaching female brought up in home where flowers are displayed
- Where you put flowers around four is disturbing
- Encroaching where flowers may be covering naked diva
- Intruding in vessel, circumventing four on watch, say
- Encroaching where flowers might be around pruned creeper
- Terribly vain and flashy sort without power beginning to encourage encroaching
- In commotion, I’ve new visa for trespassing
- Viviane's surprisingly meddlesome
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The straight part
We know that "Encroaching" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case encroaching = invasive.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does INVASIVE mean?
INVASIVE noun- An invasive organism, as, a plant or animal.
- That invades a foreign country using military force.
- Relating to military aggression generally.
- (of a plant or animal) That grows in environments which do not harbor natural enemies, often to the detriment of native species or of food or garden flora and fauna.
- (of a carcinoma etc) That invades healthy tissue; (of a procedure) in which part of the body is entered
- Intrusive on one's privacy.
- Coming from outside; originating externally.