The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word SWEETCORN
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result SWEETCORN
- Promised to swallow ecstasy et cetera, or a vegetable
- Veg Tiny Tim initially held in contempt
- Refuse to eat tiny tot’s last vegetable
- Easy trick involving king and vegetable!
- Newer cost disputed for vegetable
- Dessert with my new vegetable
- Show disrespect eating small square vegetable
- Vegetable stew once prepared preserving recipe
- Pleasant old jokes that may be dished up
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The straight part
We know that "vegetable" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case vegetable = sweetcorn.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 SWEETCORN mean?
SWEETCORN noun- Corn (specifically maize) suitable for eating by humans, as distinguished from corn raised as animal feed.