damson

American  

[dam-zuhn, -suhn] / ˈdæm zən, -sən /

noun

1. Also called damson plum.  the small, dark-blue or purple fruit of a plum, Prunus insititia, of the rose family, introduced into Europe from Asia Minor.

2. a medium to dark violet.

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adjective

1. of the color damson.

damson British  

/ 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 plum 1

2. the fruit of this tree

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Etymology

Origin of damson

1350–1400; Middle English damascene, damson < Latin ( prūnum ) Damascēnum (plum) of Damascus; see Damascene