Damson

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  • noun. A Eurasian plum tree (Prunus domestica subsp. insititia) cultivated since ancient times for its edible fruit.
  • noun. The oval, bluish-black, juicy fruit of this tree.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The fruit of Prunus communis, variety damascena, a small black, dark-bluish, or purple plum.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A small oval plum of a blue color, the fruit of a variety of the Prunus domestica; -- called also damask plum.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A deciduous tree, Prunus insititia, native to Eurasia and related to the plum.
  • noun. The edible fruit of this tree.
  • adjective. The color of the fruit of this tree, a very deep purple.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. dark purple plum of the damson tree
    • Word Usage
    "To this day, I cannot divest the word damson or the word plum of a slightly saucy overtone."
    cross-reference
    damson cheese  mountain damson  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    plum  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Samson  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    apricot  barley sugar  bases-loaded  black currant  crab apple  
    variant
    damask plum  
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