Cryptic crossword clue
Tropical fruits lacking male leaves 4

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word GOES

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The straight part
We know that "leaves" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case leaves = goes.
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What does GOES mean?

GOES noun
  1. The act of going.
  2. A turn at something, or in something (e.g. a game).
  3. An attempt, a try.
  4. An approval or permission to do something, or that which has been approved.
  5. An act; the working or operation.
  6. A circumstance or occurrence; an incident, often unexpected.
  7. The fashion or mode.
  8. Noisy merriment.
  9. A glass of spirits; a quantity of spirits.
  10. Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance.
  11. The situation where a player cannot play a card which will not carry the aggregate count above thirty-one.
  12. A period of activity.
  13. (British slang) A dandy; a fashionable person.
GOES verb
  1. To move:
  2. (chiefly of a machine) To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).
  3. To start; to begin (an action or process).
  4. To take a turn, especially in a game.
  5. To attend.
  6. To proceed:
  7. To follow or travel along (a path):
  8. To extend (from one point in time or space to another).
  9. To lead (to a place); to give access to.
  10. To become. (The adjective that follows usually describes a negative state.)
  11. To assume the obligation or function of; to be, to serve as.
  12. To continuously or habitually be in a state.
  13. To come to (a certain condition or state).
  14. To change (from one value to another) in the meaning of wend.
  15. To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
  16. To tend (toward a result).
  17. To contribute to a (specified) end product or result.
  18. To pass, to be used up:
  19. To die.
  20. To be discarded.
  21. To be lost or out:
  22. To break down or apart:
  23. To be sold.
  24. To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.
  25. To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.
  26. To have a certain record.
  27. To be authoritative, accepted, or valid:
  28. To say (something), to make a sound:
  29. To be expressed or composed (a certain way).
  30. To resort (to).
  31. To apply or subject oneself to:
  32. To fit (in a place, or together with something):
  33. To date.
  34. To attack:
  35. To be in general; to be usually.
  36. To take (a particular part or share); to participate in to the extent of.
  37. To yield or weigh.
  38. To offer, bid or bet an amount; to pay.
  39. To enjoy. (Compare go for.)
  40. To urinate or defecate.

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