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Ross

I believe the answer is:

fig

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'fruit' is the definition.
(fig is a kind of fruit)

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(Other definitions for fig that I've seen before include "Tree whose leaf may cover nudity" , "Sweet fleshy fruit, often dried" , "Kind of tree in effigy" , "Tree whose leaf may conceal nudity" , "something unimportant" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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