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greengage

Noun CEFR B2
ˈɡɹiːnɡeɪd͡ʒ

Definitions

A plum cultivar with greenish-yellow flesh and skin, Prunus domestica subsp. italica var. claudiana.

Equivalents

Españolclaudia
Françaisreine-claude
DeutschReneklode
12 more languages
العربيةجانرك
Češtinarynglezelinka
فارسیگوجه سبز
Italianoverdacchio
ქართულირენკლოდი
LëtzebuergeschRéngglott
Polskirenkloda
Русскийренкло́д
Svenskarenklo
Türkçecan eriği

Examples

The apricot rarely produces any fruit, except in a few places, and then very scantily. The greengage plum is nearly equally unproductive.”
Just where the horse trams trundled across the market was a row of fruit stalls, with fruit blazing in the sunapples and piles of reddish oranges, small greengage plums and bananas.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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