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A fruity description (6)

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I believe the answer is:

citrus

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'a fruity description' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how they can define each other.

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(Other definitions for citrus that I've seen before include "Lemon genus" , "Describing lemons, for example" , "sort of fruit tree" , "Tree such as lemon or lime" , "Orange tree genus" .)

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