Prunelle

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A kind of small and very acid French plum, especially when stoned and dried, from Prunus spinosa.

    "There are oranges from Florida and Tangiers, dainty maiden blush apples from New England, figs and dates from the Levant, prunes and prunelles from Italy, candied apricots from France, and the superb English hothouse grapes, more luscious than Silenus ever crushed against his palate."

Synonyms

All synonyms
blackthornsloe

Example

More examples

"There are oranges from Florida and Tangiers, dainty maiden blush apples from New England, figs and dates from the Levant, prunes and prunelles from Italy, candied apricots from France, and the superb English hothouse grapes, more luscious than Silenus ever crushed against his palate."

Etymology

From French prunelle.

Related phrases

prunus spinosa

More for "prunelle"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.