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‖ Reine Claude|rɛn klod|
[Fr., perh. a. the name of Claude (1499–1524), daughter of Louis XII and wife of François I.]
= greengage. Also attrib.
1731P. Miller Gardeners Dict. s.v. Prunus 16. La Reine Claude, i.e. Queen Claudia. This is a small round Fruit, of a yellowish Colour,..and its Juice is richly sugar'd. 1860R. Hogg Fruit Man. 252 Reine Claude. See Green Gage. 1929E. A. Bunyard Anat. Dessert 118 In France it [sc. the greengage] is always known as Reine Claude, and the legend runs that it is thus named after the wife of François I. 1941Mrs. Belloc Lowndes I, too, have lived in Arcadia xvi. 299 A large old Reine Claude, of which the sweet luscious fruit was famed. 1962Harper's Bazaar Aug. 37 Delicious though the reine claude can be. 1973Guardian 20 Jan. 3/4 It is the land of..the honeyed Reine-Claude greengages. |