greengage

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈgriːngeɪdʒ/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(grēn′gāj′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
green•gage  (grēn′gāj′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Plant Biologyany of several varieties of light-green plums, as Prunus insititia italica.
  • green + Gage, after Sir William Gage, 18th-century English botanist who introduced such varieties from France ca. 1725 1715–25

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
greengage / ˈɡriːnˌɡeɪdʒ/
  1. a cultivated variety of plum tree, Prunus domestica italica, with edible green plumlike fruits
  2. the fruit of this tree
Etymology: 18th Century: green + -gage, after Sir W. Gage (1777–1864), English botanist who brought it from France
'greengage' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
gage - mirabelle - plum

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