greengage
greengage · greengages
ренклод
Reneklode
A plum cultivar with greenish-yellow flesh and skin, Prunus domestica subspA plum cultivar with greenish-yellow flesh and skin, Prunus domestica subsp. italica var. claudiana.
/ˈɡɹiːnɡeɪd͡ʒ/
» I like greengage plums.
Meaning
1 sensesA plum cultivar with greenish-yellow flesh and skin, Prunus domestica subsp. italica var. claudiana.
Reneklode
ренкло́дrenklód
sweet green or greenish-yellow variety of plum
Examples
2 sentencesI like greengage plums.
I like greengages.
Translations
7 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
a plum with greenish-yellow flesh and skin:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a plum with greenish-yellow flesh and skin:
Origin
By surface analysis, green + gage. See alternative etymology below, as this is incorrect:By surface analysis, green + gage. See alternative etymology below, as this is incorrect: the etymology for gage is a back-formation from greengage.
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Forms
plural: greengages| Singular | greengage |
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| Plural | greengages |
regular
Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- sweet green or greenish-yellow variety of plum:greengage plum
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedgreengagey