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Definition of Sloe

1. Noun. Wild plum of northeastern United States having dark purple fruits with yellow flesh.

2. Noun. A thorny Eurasian bush with plumlike fruits.

3. Noun. Small sour dark purple fruit of especially the Allegheny plum bush.

Definition of Sloe

1. n. A small, bitter, wild European plum, the fruit of the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa); also, the tree itself.

Definition of Sloe

1. Noun. The small, bitter, wild fruit of the blackthorn (''Prunus spinosa''); also, the tree itself. ¹

2. Noun. Any of various other plants of the genus ''Prunus'', as a shrub or small tree, ''P. alleghaniensis'', bearing dark-purple fruit. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sloe

1. a plumlike fruit [n -S]

Medical Definition of Sloe

1. A small, bitter, wild European plum, the fruit of the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa); also, the tree itself. Origin: OE. Slo, AS. Sla; akin to D. Slee, G. Schlehe, OHG. Sl$ha, Dan. Slaaen, Sw. Sln, perhaps originally, that which blunts the teeth, or sets them on edge (cf. Slow); cf. Lith. Sliwa a plum, Russ. Sliva. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sloe

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