Sloe - What does it mean?
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The small, bitter, wild fruit of the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa ); also, the tree itself.
*1796 ,
*:There is also a dryness in the mouth from the increased action of the absorbent vessels, when a sloe or a crab-apple are masticated...
*1872 ,
*:The dew-drops fell like water, leaf after leaf dropped from the trees, the sloe-thorn alone still bore fruit, but the sloes were sour, and set the teeth on edge. Oh, how dark and weary the whole world appeared!
*1899 ,
*:Katusha, with her eyes black as sloes , her face radiant with joy, was flying towards him, and they caught hold of each other`s hands.
Any of various other plants of the genus Prunus , as a shrub or small tree, , bearing dark-purple fruit.
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