Apricot, mango, strawberry ending in trifle (3)
I believe the answer is:
toy
'trifle' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'apricot mango strawberry ending' is the wordplay.
'ending' says to take the final letters (the ending of the word).
The final letters of 'apricot mango strawberry' are 'TOY'.
'in' is the link.
(Other definitions for toy that I've seen before include "Miniature (dog)" , "One of spelt out words" , "Object for a child to play with" , "Teddy or Dolly" , "Trifle with plaything?" .)