The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ORCHARD
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More clues leading to the result ORCHARD
- Where one grows fruit or vegetable
- Where to cultivate fruit or vegetable
- Golden vegetable seen in cultivated land
- Source of fruit or vegetable
- Giant uphill in pastoral setting
- Monster demanding source of windfalls?
- Source of fruit or veg
- I am leaving old king a fertile piece of land
- It produces fruit or veg
- One’s work here should bear fruit
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The straight part
We know that "Source of fruit" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case source of fruit = orchard.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 ORCHARD mean?
ORCHARD noun- A garden or an area of land for the cultivation of fruit or nut trees.
- The trees themselves cultivated in such an area.