The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 11 letter word POMEGRANATE
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result POMEGRANATE
- In Australia, English stone said to be in fruit
- Great male ape on exotic tree
- Little dog beginning to examine stone, say, in fruit
- Fruit rock from England hawked in a Sydney market?
- Old German revolutionary tucked into dish of fruit
- Seedy growth of Brit rock on Oz radio?
- Author hosting male relative consumed fruit
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The straight part
We know that "Fruit" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case fruit = pomegranate.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 POMEGRANATE mean?
POMEGRANATE noun- A fruit-bearing shrub or small tree, Punica granatum.
- The fruit of Punica granatum, about the size of an orange and having a red pulp containing many seeds and enclosed in a thick, hard, reddish skin.
- A dark red colour, like that of a pomegranate.