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greengage

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green⋅gage

  [green-geyj]
–noun
any of several varieties of light-green plums, as Prunus insititia italica.
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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
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