Pronunciation : Sloe
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. slo, AS. sla; akin to D. slee, G. schlehe, OHG. sl$ha, Dan. slaaen, Sw. sl, perhaps originally, that which blunts the teeth, or sets them on edge (cf. Slow); cf. Lith. sliwa a plum, Russ. sliva.] (Bot.)
Definition : Defn: A small, bitter, wild European plum, the fruit of the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa); also, the tree itself.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913