Greengage

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  • noun. A variety of plum (Prunus domestica) having yellowish-green skin and sweet flesh.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. 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.
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  • noun. A plum with greenish-yellow flesh and skin.
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  • noun. sweet green or greenish-yellow variety of plum
  • Word Usage
    "These trees also differ in their manner of growth: "the greengage is a very short-jointed, slow-growing tree, of spreading and rather dwarfish habit;" whilst its offspring, the imperial gage, "grows freely and rises rapidly, and has long dark shoots.""
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