Replica of fruit tree given waste water (8)
I believe the answer is:
figurine
'replica' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'fruit tree given waste water' is the wordplay.
'fruit tree' becomes 'fig' (I've seen this before).
'given' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'waste water' becomes 'urine' (synonyms. I am not sure about the 'waste' bit.).
'fig'+'urine'='FIGURINE'
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for figurine that I've seen before include "Small statue" , "Statuette" , "Fine rug I change for a small carved body" , "moulded object" , "Small piece of sculpture" .)