The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word SHALLOT
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More clues leading to the result SHALLOT
- Onion in English allotment
- Vegetable? Go to consume the lot
- Vegetable: wrap up portion
- Slug eating every bulb
- Bulb everybody's seen in photograph
- Bulb very bright at last across room
- Most ayatollahs brought up a vegetable
- Vegetable everyone put in picture
- Mum has to share out vegetable
- Try to consume every vegetable
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The straight part
We know that "vegetable" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case vegetable = shallot.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does SHALLOT mean?
SHALLOT noun- A vegetable in the onion family.