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Shaped like an orange but able to change (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

oblate

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'shaped like an orange' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'able to change' is the wordplay.
'change' indicates anagramming the letters.
'able'+'to'='ableto'
'ableto' is an anagram of 'OBLATE'.

'but' is the link.

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(Other definitions for oblate that I've seen before include "One bound to religious life" , "One dedicated to monastic life" , "dedicated individual" , "Like earth, flattened at the poles" , "Top-flattened (sphere)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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