Definition of

Sloe

  1. (noun, food) small sour dark purple fruit of especially the Allegheny plum bush
  2. (noun, plant) wild plum of northeastern United States having dark purple fruits with yellow flesh
  3. (noun, plant) a thorny Eurasian bush with plumlike fruits

via WordNet, Princeton University

Alternate forms of Sloe

Hypernyms: bush, plum, shrub, wild plum, wild plum tree

Origin of the word Sloe

  1. "fruit of the blackthorn," O.E. slah (pl. slan), from P.Gmc. *slaikhwon (cf. M.Du., Du. slee, O.H.G. sleha, Ger. Schlehe), from PIE *sleie- "blue, bluish, blue-black" (see livid). Sloe-eyed is attested from 1867; sloe gin first recorded 1895. more

via Online Etymology Dictionary, ©2001 Douglas Harper

People who say Sloe

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