'Sloe' definitions:
Definition of 'sloe'
(from WordNet)
noun
Wild plum of northeastern United States having dark purple fruits with yellow flesh [syn: Allegheny plum, Alleghany plum, sloe, Prunus alleghaniensis]
noun
A thorny Eurasian bush with plumlike fruits [syn: blackthorn, sloe, Prunus spinosa]
noun
Small sour dark purple fruit of especially the Allegheny plum bush
Definition of 'Sloe'
From: GCIDE
- Sloe \Sloe\ (sl[=o]), n. [OE. slo, AS. sl[=a]; akin to D. slee, G. schlehe, OHG. sl[=e]ha, Dan. slaaen, Sw. sl[*a]n, perhaps originally, that which blunts the teeth, or sets them on edge (cf. Slow); cf. Lith. slywa a plum, Russ. sliva.] (Bot.) A small, bitter, wild European plum, the fruit of the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa); also, the tree itself. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sloe'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- atramentous,
- black,
- black as coal,
- black as ebony,
- black as ink,
- black as midnight,
- black as night,
- coal-black,
- coaly,
- dark,
- dark as night,
- dark as pitch,
- deep black,
- ebony,
- ink-black,
- inky,
- jetty,
- midnight,
- night-black,
- night-dark,
- nigrous,
- pitch-black,
- pitch-dark,
- pitchy,
- raven,
- raven-black,
- sable,
- sloe-black,
- sloe-colored,
- tar-black,
- tarry