The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word PROTEA
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More clues leading to the result PROTEA
- In South Africa I grow supportive of the national drink?
- China possibly to back one who supports Bush
- Decay in small green vegetable or shrub
- Top area almost cultivated for south African shrub
- Shrub for brew
- Not entirely versatile shrub
- Decay penetrating vegetable plant
- Shrub showing decay – sort of green all round
- Plant used for beverage?
- Putrefaction in a seed plant
Buddy explains!
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 = protea.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 PROTEA mean?
PROTEA noun- Any of many South African flowering plants, of the genus Protea, having colourful cone-shaped flower heads.