Cryptic crossword clue
Plants survive beginnings of rough weather, bad sort 10

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word LIVERWORTS

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The straight part
We know that "Plants" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case plants = liverworts.
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 LIVERWORTS mean?

LIVERWORTS noun
  1. A type of bryophyte (includes mosses, liverworts, and hornworts) with a leafy stem or leafless thallus characterized by a dominant gametophyte stage and a lack of stomata on the sporophyte stage of the life cycle.

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