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Table vegetable containing gum (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

legume

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'table' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both things that one consumes for nourishment as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'vegetable containing gum' is the wordplay.
'vegetable' becomes 'lee' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'containing' indicates putting letters inside.
'lee' placed around 'gum' is 'LEGUME'.

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(Other definitions for legume that I've seen before include "Bean or pea, for example" , "Pea or bean pod" , "A vegetable for e.g. mule" , "Plant that bears its seeds in a pod" , "Bean, pea etc" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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