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Vegetables speak of Jack's vine (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

beanstalk

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'jack's vine' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both plants as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'vegetables speak' is the wordplay.
'vegetables' becomes 'beans' (bean is a kind of vegetable).
'speak' becomes 'talk' (synonyms).
'beans'+'talk'='BEANSTALK'

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for beanstalk that I've seen before include "[FAIRY STORY REF]" , "Jack's impulse buy" , "Leguminous stem that Jack climbed" , "Jack cut it down" , "epitome of rapid growth" .)

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