The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word TOMATO
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More clues leading to the result TOMATO
- Returning bird loses minutes eating a fruit
- In addition coaster ferried in fruit
- Fruit also covers rug
- Fruit mum used in toto
- Red fruit carpet also's covered
- Fruit: Thomas has cut tiny amount
- Motto may be ‘to consume a type of fruit’
- Fruit salad
- Something red marked for attention of the chairman, last of post collected
- Child carrying most of wild old 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 = tomato.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 TOMATO mean?
TOMATO noun- A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit.
- The savory fruit of this plant, red when ripe, treated as a vegetable in horticulture and cooking.
- A shade of red, the colour of a ripe tomato.
- A desirable-looking woman.
- A stupid act or person.
- To pelt with tomatoes
- To add tomatoes to (a dish)