Film director calls for cabbage variety (8)

I believe the answer is:

broccoli

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'cabbage variety' is the definition.
'broccoli' can be an answer for 'cabbage' (broccoli is a plant of the cabbage family). I'm not sure about the 'variety' bit.

I can't explain the remainder of the clue.

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(Other definitions for broccoli that I've seen before include "Calabrese" , "A hardy variety of cauliflower" , "Sort of green cauli" , "Cubby --------, co-founder of the James Bond film franchise" , "Vegetable with tight green flower heads" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.

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