The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word OREGANO
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More clues leading to the result OREGANO
- Ducks stuffed by daughter ungrateful for herb
- Men concerned with later life backing part of Mediterranean diet?
- Ducks outside range freely, finding something smelling nice
- Seasoning duck with orange puree
- Lear's daughter in good heart leaves for season
- Newspaper, perhaps, wrapping store’s last old herb
- Plant publication about European duck
- Circles in which literary princess is offered culinary herb
- Herb’s ego jarred with Nora
- Sadly a goner, old Herb
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The straight part
We know that "leaves for season" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case leaves for season = oregano.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does OREGANO mean?
OREGANO noun- A herb of the mint family, Origanum vulgare, having aromatic leaves.
- Other herbs with a similar flavor, including other species in the genus Origanum, and Mexican oregano, Lippia graveolens
- The leaves of these plants used in flavouring food.