Place with insects and shrubs (6)
I believe the answer is:
plants
'shrubs' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both plants as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'place with insects' is the wordplay.
'place' becomes 'pl' (abbreviation used in postal addresses).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'insects' becomes 'ants' (ant is a kind of insect).
'pl'+'ants'='PLANTS'
'and' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for plants that I've seen before include "Places in the earth" , "Living organisms without power of movement" , "Sets seeds in the ground" , "climbers?" , "Trees, shrubs etc." .)