Cryptic crossword clue
Vegetables planted among the hippeastrums 4

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

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The straight part
We know that "Vegetables" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case vegetables = peas.
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 PEAS mean?

PEAS noun
  1. A plant, Pisum sativum, member of the legume (Fabaceae) family.
  2. The edible seed of some of these plants.
  3. A ball travelling at high velocity.
  4. (Indiana) Any of the small numbered balls used in a pea shake game.
  5. Any of several varieties of bean.
PEAS noun
  1. A peafowl
PEAS noun
  1. Wampum.
PEAS noun
  1. A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.
  2. The highest value reached by some quantity in a time period.
  3. The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point.
  4. The whole hill or mountain, especially when isolated.
  5. The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail.
  6. The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it.
  7. The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill.
  8. A local maximum of a function, e.g. for sine waves, each point at which the value of y is at its maximum.

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