Sloe vs Crabapple - What's the difference?
sloe | crabapple |
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.
Any of the wild species of apple tree, genus Malus'', which generally yield small, bitter fruit (in comparison to domestic apples, ''Malus domestica ).
The fruit of this tree.
An unpleasant person; a person who is crabby.
