sloe
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
sloe (plural sloes)
- The small, bitter, wild fruit of the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa).
- 1796, Zoonomia, or, the Laws of Organic Life, by Erasmus Darwin, part II.I.I.III
- There is also a dryness in the mouth from the increased action of the absorbent vessels, when a sloe or a crab-apple are masticated...
- 1872, The Snow Queen by H. C. Andersen, translation by Paull:
- The dew-drops fell like water, leaf after leaf dropped from the trees, the sloe-thorn alone still bore fruit, but the sloes were sour, and set the teeth on edge. Oh, how dark and weary the whole world appeared!
- 1900, Leo Tolstoy, “Twelve Years before”, in Louise Maude, transl., Resurrection: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, OCLC 231922665 ↗, book I, page 46 ↗:
- Katúsha, with her eyes black as sloes, her face radiant with joy, was flying towards him, and they caught hold of each other's hands.
- 1796, Zoonomia, or, the Laws of Organic Life, by Erasmus Darwin, part II.I.I.III
- The tree Prunus spinosa.
- Any of various other plants of the genus Prunus, as a shrub or small tree, Prunus alleghaniensis, bearing dark-purple fruit.
- French: prunelle
- German: Schlehe
- Italian: prugnola
- Portuguese: abrunho
- Russian: тёрн
- Spanish: endrina, arañón
- German: Schlehe, Schlehdorn
- Portuguese: abrunho, abrunheiro
- Spanish: endrino
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