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After warning, throw out parasitic plant (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

toothwort

'parasitic plant' is the definition.
(toothwort is a type of parasitic plant)

'after warning throw out' is the wordplay.
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'warning' becomes 'toot' (sound of a car horn).
'out' indicates anagramming the letters (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'throw' with letters rearranged gives 'hwort'.
'toot' next to 'hwort' is 'TOOTHWORT'.

(Another definition for toothwort that I've seen is " plant".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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