Loves pine leaves growing in China (6)
I believe the answer is:
oolong
'growing in china' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how one could define the other.
'loves pine' is the wordplay.
'loves' becomes 'oo' (love means 0 in tennis).
'pine' becomes 'long' (to pine for something is to long for it).
'oo'+'long'='OOLONG'
'leaves' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for oolong that I've seen before include "Kind of Chinese tea" , "oriental tea" , "Chinese tea leaves - no logo (anag)" , "sort of leaves" , "Kind of China tea" .)