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Date tree is transplanted in springtime (10)

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I believe the answer is:

eastertide

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'springtime' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to time as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'date tree is transplanted' is the wordplay.
'transplanted' indicates an anagram.
'date'+'tree'+'is'='datetreeis'
'datetreeis' with letters rearranged gives 'EASTERTIDE'.

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for eastertide that I've seen before include "Christian festival period" , "when the loveliest of trees wears white?" , "Period of Spring festival" , "Holy festival period" , "festive season" .)

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