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Paper describing the leek? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

onionskin

'paper' is the definition.
(onionskin is a kind of paper)

I can't explain the rest of the clue.

(Another definition for onionskin that I've seen is " Very thin variety of paper".)

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