Cryptic crossword clue
Trees and barns — home on the run 9

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word HORNBEAMS

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The straight part
We know that "Trees" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case trees = hornbeams.
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This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does HORNBEAMS mean?

HORNBEAMS noun
  1. A tree of the genus Carpinus, having a smooth gray bark and a ridged trunk, the wood being white and very hard, common along the banks of streams in the United States.
  2. A hop hornbeam (Ostrya virginiana).
  3. The wood of these trees.

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