The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SESAME
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result SESAME
- Oil supplier spreading a mess close to drive
- Opening seed?
- Man’s coming in to look at oil-producing plant
- Learn about US uncle's source of oil
- Plant employees' outer clothing protected by uniform
- Notice that missile has penetrated oil-producing plant
- Spy shelters South American plant
- Open taking this seed for a spell
- Pith extracted from some aforementioned tropical plant
- Password for man entering bishopric
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The straight part
We know that "Type of seed" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case type of seed = sesame.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 SESAME mean?
SESAME noun- A tropical Asian plant (Sesamum indicum) bearing small flat seeds used as food and as a source of oil.
- The seed of this plant.