GREENGAGE Definition & Meaning

greengage

[ green-geyj ]

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noun

any of several varieties of light-green plums, as Prunus insititia italica.

greengage

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noun

a cultivated variety of plum tree, Prunus domestica italica, with edible green plumlike fruits
the fruit of this tree

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of greengage¹

1715–25; green + Gage, after Sir William Gage, 18th-century English botanist who introduced such varieties from France circa 1725

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of greengage¹

C18: green + -gage, after Sir W. Gage (1777–1864), English botanist who brought it from France

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And the greengage orchard at the bottom of the garden?

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Ah, but then there are the strawberries poached in honey with cream and milky ice cream — and also a powder made of dried lacto-fermented greengage plums.

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Market customers say the jam makes them think of bygone summers, picking damson plums from backyard trees or greengage plums from the orchard.

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Plums, damsons and greengages are all wonderful eaten raw, but there are plenty of ways to cook them, particularly if you have a glut.

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“The best jam I ever had was greengage in France. I can still taste it, the tartness of the plums.”

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