damson
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.
a medium to dark violet.
of the color damson.
Origin of damson
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How to use damson in a sentence
The Damsons were originally, no doubt, a good variety from the East, and nominally from Damascus.
The plant-lore and garden-craft of Shakespeare | Henry Nicholson EllacombeHe devoured at one meal a whole hog; and after it, being accommodated with fruit, he ate three pecks of damsons.
The Book of Curiosities | I. PlattsDamsons and green gages will probably require more sugar, while prune plums may require less.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 | Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences(In September)—Morella cherries, damsons, and various plums.
In many counties damsons are cultivated around fruit plantations to shelter the latter from the wind.
British Dictionary definitions for damson
/ (ˈdæmzən) /
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 (def. 1)
the fruit of this tree
Origin of damson
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