Small vegetable (3)
I believe the answer is:
pea
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">small vegetable</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for pea that I've seen before include "Climbing plant; vegetable" , "Edible seed from pod" , "veg" , "Tiny stone" , "12 in a pod" .)