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Girl brought up too much dye (7)

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I believe the answer is:

annatto

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'dye' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'girl brought up too much' is the wordplay.
'girl' becomes 'anna' ().
'brought up' says the letters should be written in reverse (in a down clue, letters go up).
'too much' becomes 'ott' (short for over the top).
'ott' in reverse letter order is 'tto'.
'anna'+'tto'='ANNATTO'

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(Other definitions for annatto that I've seen before include "Orange colouring" , "Colouring matter" , "Food colourant" , "Orange-red dye" , "dyestuff" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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