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

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Example Sentences

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damson

The Royal Lancaster London hotel near Hyde Park is serving afternoon tea inspired by Charles’ favorites: roast beef sandwiches, darjeeling tea and damson plum mousse.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 25, 2023

The tannins are a bit sturdy, but the fruit is expansive, with bright Bing cherry dominating, then yielding to damson plum and hints of sage and rosemary.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 28, 2022

Meanwhile, all the other Tiptree jams—apricot, ginger, orange and tangerine, damson, gooseberry, quince, morello cherry, a lovely lemon curd marmalade in a shade that Roth calls “spectral yellow”—are available in the comparably reasonable eight-to-eleven-dollar range.

From The New Yorker ● Jul. 15, 2018

They were in the priory orchard; the lines of plum trees and apple trees, of pear trees and damson trees, stood bare and neat and fast asleep under the moon.

From Slate ● May 26, 2017

It was almost damson, like the plums on the trees, and her eyes looked too big—as though, like Less Ellen, she had reimagined them so.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

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