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sloe

sloe [ slō ] (plural sloes or sloe)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. sour blue-black fruit: a small sour blue-black fruit of the blackthorn

2. dark red or yellow fruit: a dark purple fruit, or a red or yellow fruit, produced by different species of North American plum trees

3. trees 
Same as  blackthorn (sense 1)


4. N American plum tree: a plum tree that bears sloes. Native to: eastern North America.  Latin name Prunus alleghaniensis, Prunus americana.

[ Old English slah< Indo-European, "bluish"]
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