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Greengage
CIDE DICTIONARY
Greengage, n.
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]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Greengage, n. a roundish green fine-flavoured variety of plum.
Etymology
Sir W. Gage d. 1727
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