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A large tree from the mountains (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

alpine

'from the mountains' is the definition.

'a large tree' is the wordplay.
'large' becomes 'L' (eg in clothes sizes).
'tree' becomes 'pine' (pine is a kind of tree).
'a'+'l'+'pine'='ALPINE'

(Other definitions for alpine that I've seen before include "Relating to high mountains" , "To do with great European mountains" , "Nepali (anag.)" , "Plant of high mountains" , "from Germany, Austria etc" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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