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Rows of apples, perhaps having yellow edible leaves (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

orchard

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'rows of apples perhaps' is the definition.
I know that 'apples' relates to this answer.

'yellow edible leaves' is the wordplay.
'yellow' becomes 'or' (heraldic term).
'edible leaves' becomes 'chard' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'or'+'chard'='ORCHARD'

'having' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for orchard that I've seen before include "Field of fruit trees" , "Land growing 15 across" , "Plantation of fruit trees" , "Fruit-tree plot" , "Area with fruit trees" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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