greengage
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views updated May 18 2018green·gage / ˈgrēnˌgāj/ •
n. 1. (also greengage plum) a sweet, greenish fruit resembling a small plum. Also called gage3 . 2. the tree (Prunus domestica subsp. italica) of the rose family bearing this fruit.
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
greengage
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views updated May 23 2018greengage Green variety of
plum introduced into
England in the early eighteenth century by Sir William Gage. A 200‐g portion (four raw gages weighed without stones) is a
source of iron and vitamin C; contains 500 mg of potassium and 4–5 g of dietary fibre; supplies 100 kcal (420 kJ).
A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition DAVID A. BENDER
greengage
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views updated Jun 27 2018 A Dictionary of Plant Sciences MICHAEL ALLABY
