Usually means: Small dark fruit of blackthorn.
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  1. sloe: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. sloe: Merriam-Webster
  3. sloe: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. sloe: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  8. sloe: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. sloe: Wiktionary
  10. sloe: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. sloe: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
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  14. sloe: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Sloe: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Sloe: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. sloe: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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  19. Sloe: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. sloe: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (sloe)

▸ noun:  The small, astringent, wild fruit of the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa).
▸ noun:  The tree Prunus spinosa.
▸ noun:  Any of various other plants of the genus Prunus, as a shrub or small tree, Prunus alleghaniensis, bearing dark-purple fruit.

Similar:
blackthorn, alleghany plum, allegheny plum, prunus alleghaniensis, Prunus spinosa, sloe bush, plum, sloe-bush, sloebush, prunelle, more...

Types:
blackthorn, blackthorn sloe, blackthorn berry, blackthorn bush, blackthorn tree, more...

Phrases:
sloe gin, sloe eyed, sloe gins, more...

Adjectives:
wild, common, blossomed, black, old, sour, acrid, white, ripe, leafless, round

Colors:
    dark purple,     indigo,     plum,     midnight blue,     blackberry, more...


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Similar:
blackthorn, alleghany plum, allegheny plum, prunus alleghaniensis, Prunus spinosa, sloe bush, plum, sloe-bush, sloebush, prunelle, more...

Types:
blackthorn, blackthorn sloe, blackthorn berry, blackthorn bush, blackthorn tree, more...

Phrases:
sloe gin, sloe eyed, sloe gins, more...

Adjectives:
wild, common, blossomed, black, old, sour, acrid, white, ripe, leafless, round

Colors:
    dark purple,     indigo,     plum,     midnight blue,     blackberry, more...



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