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green⋅gage
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ˈgrinˌgeɪdʒ
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–noun
any of several varieties of light-green plums, as
Prunus insititia italica.
Origin:
1715–25;
green
+
Gage,
after Sir William
Gage,
18th-century English botanist who introduced such varieties from France ca. 1725
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green·gage
(grēn'gāj')
n. A variety of plum
(Prunus domestica)
having yellowish-green skin and sweet flesh.
[
green
+
gage
, after Sir William
Gage
(1656?-1727), English botanist.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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