Often-dried fruit (3)
I believe the answer is:
fig
'often-dried fruit' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for fig that I've seen before include "Seed-packed fruit" , "This tree's leaf may cover nudity" , "Soft pear-shaped fruit" , "Kind of tree in effigy" , "Sweet fleshy fruit, often dried" .)