sloe

sloe

fruit of the blackthorn; the shrub itself
Not to be confused with:slow – unhurried; gradual; leisurely

sloe

S0479200 (slō)n.1. See blackthorn.2. Any of various North American shrubs resembling the blackthorn.

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[Middle English slo, from Old English slā; see sleiə- in Indo-European roots.]

sloe

(sləʊ) n1. (Brewing) the small sour blue-black fruit of the blackthorn2. (Plants) another name for blackthorn[Old English slāh; related to Old High German slēha, Middle Dutch sleuuwe]

sloe

(sloʊ)

n. 1. the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family. 2. the shrub itself. [before 900; Middle English slo, Old English slā(h), c. Middle Dutch, Middle Low German slē, sleuuwe, Old High German slēha, slēwa, Swedish slå]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sloe - wild plum of northeastern United States having dark purple fruits with yellow fleshAlleghany plum, Allegheny plum, Prunus alleghaniensissloe - small sour dark purple fruit of especially the Allegheny plum bushwild plum, wild plum tree - an uncultivated plum tree or shrub
	2.	sloe - a thorny Eurasian bush with plumlike fruitsblackthorn, Prunus spinosagenus Prunus, Prunus - a genus of shrubs and trees of the family Rosaceae that is widely distributed in temperate regionsbush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
	3.	sloe - small sour dark purple fruit of especially the Allegheny plum bushplum - any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single pitsloe gin - gin flavored with sloes (fruit of the blackthorn)Alleghany plum, Allegheny plum, Prunus alleghaniensis, sloe - wild plum of northeastern United States having dark purple fruits with yellow flesh

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