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Green fruit can turn along the way (7)

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I believe the answer is:

spinach

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'green' is the definition.
(spinach is a kind of green)

'fruit can turn along the way' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
an anagram of 'can' is 'nac' which is located in the answer.
'way' could be 's' (Compass direction - South) and 's' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for spinach that I've seen before include "food" , "Vegetable, source of iron" , "Some greens" , "Leaf vegetable" , "leaves on plate?" .)

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