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Treat a cold woman to a blooming plant! (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

heather

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'a blooming plant' is the definition.
'heather' can be an answer for 'plant' (heather is a plant). I am unsure of the 'a blooming' bit.

'treat a cold woman' is the wordplay.
'treat a cold' becomes 'heat' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'woman' becomes 'her' (her refers to a woman).
'heat'+'her'='HEATHER'

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for heather that I've seen before include "Erica!" , "thing seen on the moors" , "Plant also called ling" , "Evergreen shrub" , "Small purple evergreen plant growing on hills" .)

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