Cultivate dates here where there's plenty of water (3,3,3)

I believe the answer is:

the red sea

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'water' is the definition.
(I know that The red sea is a sea)

'cultivate dates here' is the wordplay.
'cultivate' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'cultivating' mean this).
'dates'+'here'='dateshere'
'dateshere' with letters rearranged gives 'THE RED SEA'.

'where there's plenty of' is the link.
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(Another definition for the red sea that I've seen is " Body of water".)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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