Cane found in sort of purple fruit (7)
I believe the answer is:
produce
'fruit' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'cane found in sort of purple' is the wordplay.
'cane' becomes 'rod' (I've seen this before).
'found in' is an insertion indicator.
'sort of purple' becomes 'puce' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'rod' inserted into 'puce' is 'PRODUCE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for produce that I've seen before include "Make, create" , "Bear" , "Create - crop" , "Fresh fruit and veg for market - crop due (anag)" , "Make, manufacture" .)