Cryptic crossword clue
Fruit attached to the trunk 4

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word HIPS

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The straight part

We know that "Fruit/Fruit" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case fruit/fruit = hips.

The cryptic/wordplay part

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This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does HIPS mean?

1. The outward-projecting parts of the pelvis and top of the femur and the overlying tissue.
2. The inclined external angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
3. In a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end post meets the top chord.
4. (possibly obsolete) A drug addict, especially someone addicted to a narcotic like heroin.

1. To use one's hips to bump into someone.
2. To throw (one's adversary) over one's hip ("cross-buttock").
3. To dislocate or sprain the hip of, to fracture or injure the hip bone of (a quadruped) in such a manner as to produce a permanent depression of that side.
4. To make with a hip or hips, as a roof.

1. The fruit of a rose.

1. To inform, to make knowledgeable.

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