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Fruit trees over the hills? (7)

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I believe the answer is:

oranges

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'fruit trees' is the definition.
(orange is a kind of fruit tree)

'over the hills?' is the wordplay.
'over' becomes 'o' (cricket abbreviation).
'the hills?' becomes 'ranges' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'o'+'ranges'='ORANGES'

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(Other definitions for oranges that I've seen before include "Go snare these fruits" , "See 8" , "They are not the only fruit, wrote Jeanette Winterson" , "'Mandarins, say (7)'" , "Navel, blood and Seville are all varieties of these" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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