sloe

  1. Noun.  The small, bitter, wild fruit of the blackthorn (''Prunus spinosa''); also, the tree itself.
  2. Noun.  Any of various other plants of the genus ''Prunus'', as a shrub or small tree, ''P. alleghaniensis'', bearing dark-purple fruit.

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