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Type of brush undergrowth (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shrub

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'undergrowth' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both plants as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'type of brush' is the wordplay.
'type of' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen 'type' mean this).
'brush' with letters rearranged gives 'SHRUB'.

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(Other definitions for shrub that I've seen before include "Low woody perennial type of plant" , "Small woody plant" , "Rose, perhaps" , "Bushy plant" , "Woody plant smaller than a tree" .)

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