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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sloe /sloʊ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Plant Biologythe small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, of the rose family.
- Plant Biologythe shrub itself.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sloe (slō),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologythe small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- Plant Biologythe shrub itself.
- Plant Biologyany of various other plants of the genus Prunus, as a shrub or small tree, P. alleghaniensis, bearing dark-purple fruit.
- bef. 900; Middle English slo, Old English slā(h); cognate with German Schlehe, Dutch slee
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: sloe /sləʊ/ n - the small sour blue-black fruit of the blackthorn
- another name for blackthorn
Etymology: Old English slāh; related to Old High German slēha, Middle Dutch sleuuwe |