Pulled up part of spring vegetable (3)
I believe the answer is:
yam
'vegetable' is the definition.
(yam is a kind of vegetable)
'pulled up part of spring' is the wordplay.
'pulled up' is a reversal indicator.
'part of spring' becomes 'may' ('May' is part of 'spring').
'may' backwards is 'YAM'.
(Other definitions for yam that I've seen before include "Tuberous vegetable" , "May be a sweet spud" , "May be a foreign potato" , "American sweet potato" , "vegetable plant" .)