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Vegetable turned double-negative round Irish capital (5)

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I believe the answer is:

onion

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'vegetable' is the definition.
(onion is a vegetable)

'turned double-negative round irish capital' is the wordplay.
'turned' is a reversal indicator.
'double negative' becomes 'nono' (I've seen this in another clue).
'round' indicates putting letters inside.
'irish capital' becomes 'i' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'nono' placed around 'i' is 'noino'.
'noino' backwards is 'ONION'.

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(Other definitions for onion that I've seen before include "Bulb used in cooking" , "associated with 26 [TRIPE] ?" , "Pungent vegetable" , "Edible tear-jerker" , "Bulb used as a vegetable" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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