French way, we hear, to dig in leafy veg (7)
I believe the answer is:
rhubarb
'veg' is the definition.
(I know that rhubarb is a type of veg)
'french way we hear to dig in leafy' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'dig' could be 'barb' (synonyms) and 'barb' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'rhu' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for rhubarb that I've seen before include "rot" , "Pie filling" , "muttered by 4 [EXTRAS] ?" , "extra speech?" , "Plant with edible leaf stalk" .)