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Sloe

//ˈsloʊ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The small, astringent, wild fruit of the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa).

    "There is also a dryness in the mouth from the increased action of the absorbent vessels, when a sloe or a crab-apple are masticated..."

  2. 2
    small sour dark purple fruit of especially the Allegheny plum bush wordnet
  3. 3
    The tree Prunus spinosa.
  4. 4
    wild plum of northeastern United States having dark purple fruits with yellow flesh wordnet
  5. 5
    Any of various other plants of the genus Prunus, as a shrub or small tree, Prunus alleghaniensis, bearing dark-purple fruit.
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  1. 6
    a thorny Eurasian bush with plumlike fruits wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English slo, sla, sloo, from Old English slā, slāh, from Proto-West Germanic *slaihā, from Proto-Germanic *slaihǭ, *slaihwō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₃y- (“bluish”). Doublet of Sliwa.

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