sloe
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
the shrub itself.
any of various other plants of the genus Prunus, as a shrub or small tree, P. alleghaniensis, bearing dark-purple fruit.
Origin of sloe
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How to use sloe in a sentence
But hold your tongue for a while, and cast your eye along the valley, and watch the mist gathering on the furze and sloe trees.
The Whale and the Grasshopper | Seumas O'BrienThus, at half-past ten, we find her officers drinking the toast of Deutschland unter Alles in sloe-gin.
The Heroic Record of the British Navy | Archibald HurdSlender as a young willow, supple as an ash, eyes like the berries of the sloe-thorn.
Joan of the Sword Hand | S(amuel) R(utherford) CrockettThe last red roseleaf had fluttered silently down; the last purple sloe had fallen from its sapless stem.
Creatures of the Night | Alfred W. ReesI looked, and sure enough he held it in his hand; and then I understood the flash of irony in the sloe-black eyes of him.
The Master of Appleby | Francis Lynde
British Dictionary definitions for sloe
/ (sləʊ) /
the small sour blue-black fruit of the blackthorn
another name for blackthorn
Origin of sloe
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