Sentence example with the word 'greengage'

greengage

Definition n. sweet green or greenish-yellow variety of plum

Last update: July 31, 2015


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It will have been gathered from what has been said that seeds cannot always be depended on to reproduce exactly the characteristics of the plant which yielded them; for instance, seeds of the greengage plum or of the Ribston pippin will produce a plum or an apple, but not these particular varieties, to perpetuate which grafts or buds must be employed.   [Please select]

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So the two of them bit bites out of every greengage they could reach.   [Please select]

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