n. In both senses also called bullace, damson plum.
- A Eurasian plum tree (Prunus insititia) cultivated since ancient times for its edible fruit.
- The oval, bluish-black, juicy plum of this tree.
[Middle English damson, damacene, from Latin (prūnum) Damascēnum, (plum) of Damascus, from Damascēnus. See damascene.]
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