sloe
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sloe
fruit of the blackthorn; the shrub itself
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slow – unhurried; gradual; leisurely
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sloe
(slō)n.
1. See blackthorn.
2. Any of various North American shrubs resembling the blackthorn.
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sloe
(sləʊ)n
1. (Brewing) the small sour blue-black fruit of the blackthorn
2. (Plants) another name for blackthorn
[Old English slāh; related to Old High German slēha, Middle Dutch sleuuwe]
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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]
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Noun | 1. | sloe - wild plum of northeastern United States having dark purple fruits with yellow flesh 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 genus Prunus, Prunus - a genus of shrubs and trees of the family Rosaceae that is widely distributed in temperate regions | |
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 |
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