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Mother and child supplying fruit (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

damson

'fruit' is the definition.
(I know that damson is a fruit)

'mother and child' is the wordplay.
'mother' becomes 'dam' (female parent of an animal).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'child' becomes 'son' (male child).
'dam'+'son'='DAMSON'

'supplying' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for damson that I've seen before include "Stone fruit for nomads" , "Type of plum" , "jam producer" , "Plum-coloured" , "Sort of plum" .)

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