Cut fruit, shade of green (3)
I believe the answer is:
pea
'shade of green' is the definition.
'cut fruit' is the wordplay.
'cut' means to remove the last letter.
'fruit' becomes 'pear' (pear is a kind of fruit).
'pear' with its last letter removed is 'PEA'.
(Other definitions for pea that I've seen before include "Vegetable in a whistle" , "Leguminous plant" , "Edible green seed" , "Climbing plant; vegetable" , "Edible seed from pod" .)