Like some trees in course of being cultivated (10)
I believe the answer is:
coniferous
'like some trees' is the definition.
(like conifers)
'in course of being cultivated' is the wordplay.
'being cultivated' is an anagram indicator.
'in'+'course'+'of'='incourseof'
'incourseof' is an anagram of 'CONIFEROUS'.
(Another definition for coniferous that I've seen is " Like yew".)
I've seen this clue in The Times.
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