With a peculiar fur on, it may not be edible (5)
I believe the answer is:
fruit
'edible' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how they can define each other.
'with a peculiar fur on it may not' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'fur' is 'fru' which is located in the answer.
'it' could be 't' (abbreviation. e.g. in 'tis) and 't' is located in the answer.
A single letter 'i' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'be' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for fruit that I've seen before include "See 9" , "Orange, lemon" , "Eg, apple or pear" , "Kiwi, mandarin etc" , "Greengrocer's produce" .)