Small parasite sits on small bark of deciduous plants (10)
I believe the answer is:
stickweeds
'small' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.
'parasite sits on small bark of deciduous plants' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'parasite' could be 'tick' (I've seen this before) and 'tick' is present in the answer.
'plants' could be 'weeds' (weed is a kind of plant) and 'weeds' is found in the answer.
A single letter 's' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
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