Eco-friendly bulb variety (3)

I believe the answer is:

led

(Other definitions for led that I've seen before include "Came first" , "Went ahead" , "showed the way ahead" , "Something emitting light" , "Influenced" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal.

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