Cables are wound round a vegetable (9)
I believe the answer is:
calabrese
'a vegetable' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'cables are wound' is the wordplay.
'wound' indicates an anagram (wound can mean twisted or turned around).
'cables'+'are'='cablesare'
'cablesare' is an anagram of 'CALABRESE'.
'round' is the link.
(Other definitions for calabrese that I've seen before include "Vegetable" , "Variety of broccoli" .)