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Fruit of gold hill in east (9)

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I believe the answer is:

aubergine

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'fruit' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'gold hill in east' is the wordplay.
'gold' becomes 'Au' (Au is the chemical symbol for gold).
'hill' becomes 'berg' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'east' becomes 'e' (synonyms).
'au'+'berg'+'in'+'e'='AUBERGINE'

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for aubergine that I've seen before include "I argue, Ben, that it's a fruit" , "Purple vegetable" , "Fruit of the eggplant" , "Vegetarians might order this" , "I agree bun could become a strange vegetable" .)

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