green turtle soup meaning

Noun: green turtle soup

1. Soup usually made of the flesh of green turtles
   - turtle soup

Derived forms: green turtle soups

Type of: soup

Encyclopedia: Green turtle soup

• turtle soup:    Noun: turtle soup& ...
• green turtle:    Noun: green turtle ...
• mock turtle soup:    Noun: mock turtle ...

Examples

1. Menu selections included such delicacies as  Green Turtle Soup Au Sherry ( $ 1 . 00 ) and  Frog Legs Saut� Proven�ale ( $ 3 . 25 ).
2. There was no lack of fine meals or accommodation : on the Christmas Day menu at the Brooklyn Hotel in 1911 the variety of delicacies included Russian caviar, Green Turtle soup and English plum pudding with brandy sauce.