Found 2 items, similar to sloe.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: sloe
sloe
n 1: wild plum of northeastern United States having dark purple
fruits with yellow flesh [syn:
Allegheny plum,
Alleghany plum
,
Prunus alleghaniensis]
2: a thorny Eurasian bush with plumlike fruits [syn:
blackthorn,
Prunus spinosa]
3: small sour dark purple fruit of especially the Allegheny
plum bush
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Sloe
Sloe
\Sloe\ (sl[=o]), n. [OE. slo, AS. sl[=a]; akin to D. slee,
G. schlehe, OHG. sl[=e]ha, Dan. slaaen, Sw. sl[*a]n, perhaps
originally, that which blunts the teeth, or sets them on edge
(cf.
Slow); cf. Lith. slywa a plum, Russ. sliva.] (Bot.)
A small, bitter, wild European plum, the fruit of the
blackthorn (
Prunus spinosa); also, the tree itself.
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