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Herb said to go with fish or fruit (7)

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I believe the answer is:

rhubarb

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

'herb said to go with' is the wordplay.
'herb' becomes 'rue' (rue is a herb).
'said' shows a homophone (sound like).
'to go with' becomes 'barb' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'rue' is a homophone of 'rhu'.
'rhu'+'barb'='RHUBARB'

'fish or' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for rhubarb that I've seen before include "Plant with thick stalks that are cooked in desserts" , "Fruit - nonsense!" , "Noise of actors simulating conversation" , "Stalks edible when cooked" , "Plant in the dock family" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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