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Some land where a salad plant is cropped (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

acres

This clue could be a double definition.

'some land' is the first definition.
(acres measure land)

'where a salad plant is cropped' is the second definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how one could define the other.

(Other definitions for acres that I've seen before include "The Phoenix Park has 40 of them (5)" , "Land area measures" , "lots" , "Cares about these measurements?" , "large area of land" .)

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