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Wearing specs, German turning over a new leaf (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

oregano

'new leaf' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both plants as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'wearing specs german turning over a' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'german' could be 'g' (abbreviation) and 'g' is present in the answer.
'over' could be 're' and 're' is located in the answer.
'a' could be 'an' and 'an' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'oo' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

(Other definitions for oregano that I've seen before include "Dried marjoram" , "Gear Ono up for the herb" , "Type of herb" , "Pungent seasoning leaves" , "part of Mediterranean diet?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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