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Article about Langley people in plant (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

acacia

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'in plant' is the definition.
'acacia' can be an answer for 'plant' (I've seen this before). I'm not certain of the 'in' bit.

'article about langley people' is the wordplay.
'article' becomes 'a' (the indefinite article in English).
'about' becomes 'ca' (short for circa).
'langley people' becomes 'cia' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'a'+'ca'+'cia'='ACACIA'

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(Other definitions for acacia that I've seen before include "Spiny shrub with clusters of yellow or white flowers" , "Plant of the mimosa family" , "Wattle genus" , "Locust tree the false one" , "Australian shrub" .)

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