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Wood Kate ordered (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

teak

'wood' is the definition.
(type of timber)

'kate ordered' is the wordplay.
'ordered' indicates anagramming the letters.
'kate' anagrammed gives 'TEAK'.

(Other definitions for teak that I've seen before include "Heavy wood of a tall evergreen Asian tree" , "Hard wood used for furniture" , "Take away with very hard wood" , "Hardwood tree" , "A SE Asian hardwood" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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