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| sloe [ slō ] (plural sloes or sloe) |
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1. sour blue-black fruit: a small sour blue-black fruit of the blackthorn
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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
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3. trees
Same as blackthorn (sense 1)
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4. N American plum tree: a plum tree that bears sloes. Native to: eastern North America. Latin name Prunus alleghaniensis, Prunus americana.
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| [ Old English slah< Indo-European, "bluish"] |
