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Monarch’s retinue about to receive English vegetable (9)

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I believe the answer is:

courgette

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

'monarch's retinue about to receive english' is the wordplay.
'monarch's retinue' becomes 'court' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'to receive' becomes 'get' (synonyms).
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation).
'court' enclosing 'get' is 'courgett'.
'courgett'+'e'='COURGETTE'

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(Other definitions for courgette that I've seen before include "Small green vegetable" , "One of the vegetables" , "this could supply kitchen" , "Zucchini is its American equivalent" , "Small marrow" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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