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International Council for Harmonisation initially producing a delicious vegetable (9,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

artichoke heart

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'vegetable' is the definition.
(I know that artichoke heart is a type of vegetable)

'international council for harmonisation initially producing a delicious' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'international' could be 'i' (abbreviation eg in IMF) and 'i' is found in the answer.
'council' could be 'tc' (TC is an example) and 'tc' is present in the leftover letters.
'a' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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