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damson
(dæmzən)
Word forms: plural damsons
countable noun
A damson is a small, sour, purple plum.
damson in British English
(ˈdæmzən)
noun
1.
a small rosaceous tree, Prunus domestica instititia (or P. instititia), cultivated for its blue-black edible plumlike fruit and probably derived from the bullace
See also plum1 (sense 1)2.
the fruit of this tree
Word origin
C14: from Latin prūnum Damascēnum Damascus plumdamson in American English
(ˈdæmzən; ˈdæmsən)
noun
1.
a variety of small, purple plum; bullace
2.
the prunus tree (Prunus domestica var. insititia) on which it grows
Word origin
ME damasin < OFr damascene, plum of Damascus < L Damascenus, lit., of DamascusImage ofdamson
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