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GREENGAGE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does greengage mean?
• GREENGAGE (noun)
The noun GREENGAGE has 1 sense:
1. sweet green or greenish-yellow variety of plum
Familiarity information: GREENGAGE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sweet green or greenish-yellow variety of plum
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
greengage; greengage plum
Hypernyms ("greengage" is a kind of...):
plum (any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single pit)
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