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# greengrocer

«greengrocer» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who sells fresh fruit and vegetables in a shop** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (greengrocer, greengrocers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A greengrocer is a person who sells fresh fruit and vegetables in a shop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greengrocer/#m1)

2) A greengrocer's (or greengrocer) is the shop itself. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greengrocer/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, the greengrocer's is a small shop or market stall for fruit and veg. In maths problems, greengrocers often sell apples by the kilo or by the bag. In grammar, «the greengrocer's apostrophe» is a joke name for wrong apostrophes such as «apple's 50p». Common phrases: «the greengrocer's», «local greengrocer», «greengrocer's apostrophe».

### examples

- Mum buys carrots at the greengrocer's on the high street. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greengrocer/#x1)
- The greengrocer weighed the potatoes on his scales. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greengrocer/#x2)
- A greengrocer sells bananas for 20p each — how much do 6 cost? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greengrocer/#x3)
- The greengrocer's sign said «banana's», a classic greengrocer's apostrophe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greengrocer/#x4)
- Our local greengrocer has the best strawberries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greengrocer/#x5)
- In the USA, people usually buy produce at a grocery store or farmers' market. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greengrocer/#x6)
- The greengrocer gave me a free apple. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greengrocer/#x7)

### note

Plural: greengrocers. «The greengrocer's» means the greengrocer's shop. Mostly British, Irish, Australian and New Zealand English; Americans say «produce store» or «fruit stand». A greengrocer is different from a grocer, who sells all kinds of food.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «greengrocer» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greengrocer/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.