The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word BAOBAB
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result BAOBAB
- Graduates gather round old British tree
- Two graduates fencing in old black African tree
- Tree starts to blossom, and our bushes are blooming!
- Bad smell around a wee stunted tree
- Indian holy man with book hugs old tree
- Tree snake about to pierce tailless young animal?
- Large plant beginning to bottle four different types of claret
- Our troops in Germany halting early by short tiny tree
- Ali’s boxing ring before start of bout – it’s found in Africa, full of water
- Back to back graduates holding no second-rate tree
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The straight part
We know that "tree" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case tree = baobab.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does BAOBAB mean?
BAOBAB noun- A tree, Adansonia digitata (and similar species), native to tropical Africa, having a broad swollen trunk and edible gourd-like hanging fruits.