greengage

greengage
noun Etymology: green + Sir William Gage died 1820 English botanist Date: 1724 any of several rather small rounded greenish or greenish-yellow cultivated plums

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  • Greengage — Green gage , n. (Bot.) A kind of plum of medium size, roundish shape, greenish flesh, and delicious flavor. It is called in France {Reine Claude}, after the queen of Francis I. See {Gage}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • greengage — from GREEN (Cf. green) + name of English botanist Sir William Gage (1657 1727) who first cultivated it in England c.1725 …   Etymology dictionary

  • greengage — ► NOUN ▪ a sweet greenish fruit resembling a small plum. ORIGIN named after the English botanist Sir William Gage (1657 1727) …   English terms dictionary

  • greengage — [grēn′gāj΄] n. [after Sir William Gage, who introduced it into England from France ( c. 1725)] a large plum with golden green skin and flesh …   English World dictionary

  • Greengage — The Greengage ( Prunus domestica or the Reine Claude ) is an edible drupaceous fruit, a cultivar of the plum. It was developed in France from a green fruited wild plum (Ganerik) originally found in Asia Minor. It is identified by its small, oval… …   Wikipedia

  • greengage — UK [ˈɡriːnˌɡeɪdʒ] / US [ˈɡrɪnˌɡeɪdʒ] noun [countable] Word forms greengage : singular greengage plural greengages a soft fruit that has a green skin and a large hard seed inside. It grows on a tree and is a type of plum …   English dictionary

  • greengage — Plum Plum, n. [AS. pl[=u]me, fr. L. prunum; akin to Gr. ?, ?. Cf. {Prune} a dried plum.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Bot.) The edible drupaceous fruit of the {Prunus domestica}, and of several other species of {Prunus}; also, the tree itself, usually… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • greengage — [[t]gri͟ːngeɪʤ[/t]] greengages N COUNT A greengage is a greenish yellow plum with a sweet taste …   English dictionary

  • greengage plum — noun sweet green or greenish yellow variety of plum • Syn: ↑greengage • Hypernyms: ↑plum …   Useful english dictionary

  • greengage — /green gayj /, n. any of several varieties of light green plums, as Prunus insititia italica. [1715 25; GREEN + Gage, after Sir William Gage, 18th century English botanist who introduced such varieties from France ca. 1725] * * * …   Universalium

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