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David Rance writes:
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| Well, it IS just a variety of plum! And, yes, that's its origin.
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| Quite! So is the greengage which the French call Reine Claude!

Indeed.

| The French terms that I find a a bit odd are where the same word
| is used for two items that are used very differently - groseille
| being an example.
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| They do distinguish between groseille rouge, groseille blanche and
| groseille à maquereau (gooseberry). Not the blackcurrant however which
| is cassis

Are those terms in common use, though? Whenever I have seen a use
of groseille, it has been unqualified - both when ambiguous and
when clear from the context.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.