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…cheese, a muscadine rind, soybean (7)

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I believe the answer is:

edamame

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'soybean' is the definition.
(I know that edamame is a type of soybean)

'cheese a muscadine rind' is the wordplay.
'cheese' becomes 'edam' (Edam is an example).
'a muscadine rind' becomes 'ame' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'edam'+'ame'='EDAMAME'

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(Another definition for edamame that I've seen is " type of bean".)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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