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Leaves the broken plates (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

petals

'leaves' is the definition.
(petal is a kind of leaf)

'broken plates' is the wordplay.
'broken' indicates an anagram.
'plates' anagrammed gives 'PETALS'.

'the' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for petals that I've seen before include "Outer parts of flowers" , "Flower parts on plates" , "Parts of flowers in pastel" , "Plates (anag.)" , "Palest parts of flowers" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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