Mother with work that also bears fruit (9)
I believe the answer is:
tomatillo
'fruit' is the definition.
(I know that Tomatillo is a type of fruit)
'mother with work that also bears' is the wordplay.
'mother' becomes 'ma' (Ma is another word for mother or mum).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'work' becomes 'till' (to till is to work the land).
'that also' becomes 'too' (that as well).
'bears' indicates putting letters inside.
'ma'+'till'='matill'
'matill' placed into 'too' is 'TOMATILLO'.
(Other definitions for tomatillo that I've seen before include "plant" , "Mexican food" , "fruit in Mexico" , "Green fruit" .)