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Webster 1913 Edition


Sloe

Sloe

(slō)
,
Noun.
[OE.
slo
, AS.
slā
; akin to D.
slee
, G.
schlehe
, OHG.
slēha
, Dan.
slaaen
, Sw.
slån
, 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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sloe

SLOE

,
Noun.
A small wild plum, the fruit of the black thorn. [Prunus spinosa.]

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sloe

sloe

See also: slöe and slö

English

Noun

sloe (plural sloes)

  1. The small, bitter, wild fruit of the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa).
  2. The tree Prunus spinosa.
  3. 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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