The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word MACADAMIA
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More clues leading to the result MACADAMIA
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- Direct Bill towards a flower going around tree
- Parrot mostly perched on barrier, one above a tree
- Scholar spooks patriarch hidden in nut tree
- Stones on the road beginning to interfere with a nut tree
- Road surface adverse, cracking nut
- Tree with perfect nuts and a flower, knocked over
- In Australia they’re nuts to use this on roads bordering Indonesia
- . Disclaim ad a campaign broadcast that's up a 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 = macadamia.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.
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What does MACADAMIA mean?
MACADAMIA noun- An evergreen tree, of the genus Macadamia, native to Australia and cultivated in Hawaii.
- The fruit of this tree; the macadamia nut.