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Loves pine leaves growing in China (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

oolong

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'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" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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