Category:Sloe

Sloe, n. Etym: [oe. slo, as. sla; akin to d. slee, g. schlehe, ohg. Sl$ha, dan. slaaen, sw. sl, perhaps originally, that which blunts the Teeth, or sets them on edge (cf. Slow); cf. Lith. sliwa a plum, russ. Sliva.] (bot.)

Defn: a small, bitter, wild european plum, the fruit of the Blackthorn (prunus spinosa); also, the tree itself.