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Definition of greengage
: any of several rather small rounded greenish or greenish-yellow cultivated plums
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But there are a number of great plums out there, from the unassuming but sweet and flavorful Greengage, to dark, oblong Italian prune plums, which make perfect baking fruit.
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The heady and imaginative flavors currently on her slate are blackberry and bay leaves, raspberry and hibiscus flower and greengage and fennel pollen.
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Origin and Etymology of greengage
green + Sir William Gage †1820 English botanist
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