greengrocernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈɡriːŋ.ɡrəʊ.sər/us/ˈɡriːŋ.ɡroʊ.sɚ/mainly UKa person who owns or works in a shop that sells fresh vegetables and fruit
also greengrocer's a shop in which fresh vegetables and fruit are sold
Examples
- I got this fantastic pumpkin from the local greengrocer.
- The greengrocer had some lovely local asparagus on sale today.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Food - general words
- aliment
- bed
- carb
- chanterelle
- chow
- diabetic
- fibre
- foodstuff
- fruits of the earth idiom
- grocer
- grocery
- health food
- pap
- refreshment
- roughage
- serving
- shelf life
- speciality
- specialty
- tuck
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