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Matted weeds used as a vegetable (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

swede

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'vegetable' is the definition.
(swede is a kind of vegetable)

'matted weeds used as a' is the wordplay.
'weeds' can be anagrammed to 'SWEDE'.
Though, I am not clear how this is indicated.

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(Other definitions for swede that I've seen before include "North European" , "Citizen of kingdom" , "A turnip, or a Scandinavian" , "Northern European" , "Root vegetable - European" .)

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