The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 plus 8 letter word HORSE CHESTNUT
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More clues leading to the result HORSE CHESTNUT
- Her sons cut the damaged tree
- Bay and hazel, perhaps, on either side of box tree
- Tree Arab, say, associated with old joke
- Lover of animals goes round box tree
- Tree trunk hugged by animal lover?
- Tree sounding rough, an old one
- Animal with trunk upturned cask to get fruit
- Nag crazy person to protect box tree
- Tree trunk blocking the sun, or otherwise
- Animal, one of particular colour, seen in tree
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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 = horse chestnut.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 HORSE CHESTNUT mean?
HORSE CHESTNUT noun- A species of trees of the genus Aesculus, common in the temperate zones of both hemispheres.
- The large nutlike seed of these trees.