sloe
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sloe
- /ˈsləʊ/ UK
- /ˈsloʊ/ US
Sounds like slow · Rhymes with -əʊ
Where it comes from
From Middle English slo, sla, sloo, from Old English slā, slāh, from Proto-West Germanic *slaihā, from Proto-Germanic *slaihǭ, *slaihwō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₃y- (“bluish”). Doublet of Sliwa.
noun sloes
- The small, astringent, wild fruit of the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa). There is also a dryness in the mouth from the increased action of the absorbent vessels, when a sloe or a crab-apple are masticated...
- The tree Prunus spinosa.
- Any of various other plants of the genus Prunus, as a shrub or small tree, Prunus alleghaniensis, bearing dark-purple fruit.
