sloe

sloe  (sl)

n.

1. See blackthorn.

2. Either of two eastern North American plum trees or shrubs, Prunus alleghaniensis, having dark purple fruit, or P. americana, having yellow or red fruit.

3. The tart plumlike fruit of either of these plants.

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

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sloe [sləʊ]

n

1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) the small sour blue-black fruit of the blackthorn

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) another name for blackthorn

[Old English slāh; related to Old High German slēha, Middle Dutch sleuuwe]

Thesaurus

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

Translations

sloe [sləʊ]

A. N (= fruit) → endrina f; (= tree) → endrino m

B. CPD sloe gin N → licor m de endrinas

sloe

n (= fruit) → Schlehe f; (= tree) → Schlehdorn m; sloe gin → Schlehdornschnaps m

sloe [sləʊ] n (tree) → pruno selvatico; (fruit) → prugnola

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sloe [sləʊ] n (tree) → pruno selvatico; (fruit) → prugnola