Young and green, date anyhow (6,3)

I believe the answer is:

tender age

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'young' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'green date anyhow' is the wordplay.
'anyhow' is an anagram indicator.
'green'+'date'='greendate'
'greendate' with letters rearranged gives 'TENDER AGE'.

'and' is the link.

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