The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word LEAFAGE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result LEAFAGE
- Pasture with fine mature greenery
- Greenery in meadow following season
- Greenery in meadow fine over time
- Have a cigarette in shelter of the greenery
- Vegetation that’s fine in a gale moving east
- Foliage irritation with sweetheart on meadow
- Eagle flying over largely thick foliage
- Open country has fine mature greenery
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "Foliage" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case foliage = leafage.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.