Eucalypt is, in a way, a tea-tree? (4)

I believe the answer is:

yate

'eucalypt' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'in a way a tea-tree?' is the wordplay.
'in' indicates a hidden word.
'YATE' is hidden within 'way a tea tree'.

'is' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for yate that I've seen before include "Edmund's way out" , "old-fashioned passage" .)

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

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