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Abundant vegetation in meadow, fully empty (5)

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I believe the answer is:

leafy

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'abundant vegetation in' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'meadow fully empty' is the wordplay.
'meadow' becomes 'lea' (I've seen this before).
'empty' means to remove the middle letters.
'fully' with its centre taken out is 'fy'.
'lea'+'fy'='LEAFY'

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(Other definitions for leafy that I've seen before include "Abounding with trees" , "Like the better class suburbs?" , "Full of foliage" , "more shady places?" , "Like nice suburbs" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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