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greengrocer noun

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Definition

a 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

(Definition of greengrocer noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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