The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word PERSIMMON
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result PERSIMMON
- Sweet fruit for each male zealous apostle entertains
- Fruit for each male, including Mark
- Sniper shot poor mom hiding in tree
- One eating contents of pie with very little fruit
- Somebody that’s eaten one midsummer fruit
- Someone eating very little fruit
- Exotic fruit in small measure consumed by individual
- Version of memoirs penned by posh name initially? It’s plummy
- Fruit man pockets this writer’s money
- One male with no sperm surprisingly bears fruit
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The straight part
We know that "tree" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case tree = persimmon.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 PERSIMMON mean?
PERSIMMON noun- A type of fruit, of orange colour, very sweet, quite astringent when immature.
- The tree this fruit grows on, generally one of two species of ebony: Diospyros kaki (Asian) or Diospyros virginiana (North American).