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Old man disturbed in tree (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

almond

'tree' is the definition.
(almond tree is a kind of tree)

'old man disturbed' is the wordplay.
'disturbed' indicates anagramming the letters.
'old'+'man'='oldman'
'oldman' is an anagram of 'ALMOND'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for almond that I've seen before include "Kind of nut, makes nice icing on cake" , "Yellowish brown" , "Nut used in marzipan" , "Nut (tree)" , "Nut which provides cake icing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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