The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word FORSYTHIA
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result FORSYTHIA
- New history about the Football Association. Quite the opposite
- Plant could be soft and hairy
- One after something yellow primarily in flower, a shrub
- Shrub in fine area full of unusual history
- Bush
- Bruce, a Scot lacking name for a plant
- Plant that could make soft hairy woolly
- Hundred in his factory made redundant, failing plant
- Soft and hairy hybrid shrub
- Daly’s former partner raised excellent grower
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The straight part
We know that "Plant" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case plant = forsythia.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does FORSYTHIA mean?
FORSYTHIA noun- Any of several shrubs, of the genus Forsythia, native to Asia and Eastern Europe, that are cultivated for their yellow flowers, which bloom in early spring.