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damson
dam·son D0019000 (dăm′zən, -sən)n.1. A Eurasian plum tree (Prunus domestica subsp. insititia) cultivated since ancient times for its edible fruit.2. The oval, bluish-black, juicy fruit of this tree. In both senses also called bullace, damson plum.
[Middle English damson, damacene, from Latin (prūnum) Damascēnum, (plum) of Damascus, from Damascēnus; see damascene.]damson (ˈdæmzən) n1. (Plants) 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 plum112. (Plants) the fruit of this tree[C14: from Latin prūnum Damascēnum Damascus plum]dam•son (ˈdæm zən, -sən)
n. 1. a small, dark blue or purple plum. 2. the tree from which it grows, Prunus insititia, native to Asia Minor. [1350–1400; Middle English damascene, damson < Latin (prūnum) Damascēnum (plum) of Damascus; see Damascene] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | damson - dark purple plum of the damson treedamson plumplum - any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single pitdamson plum tree, Prunus domestica insititia, damson plum - plum tree long cultivated for its edible fruit |
Translationsdamson
damson1. a small rosaceous tree, Prunus domestica instititia (or P. instititia), cultivated for its blue-black edible plumlike fruit and probably derived from the bullace 2. the fruit of this tree damson
Synonyms for damsonnoun dark purple plum of the damson treeSynonymsRelated Words- plum
- damson plum tree
- Prunus domestica insititia
- damson plum
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