sloe

n.

1. See blackthorn.
2. Either of two eastern North American plum trees or shrubs, Prunus alleghaniensis, having dark purple fruit, or P. americana, having yellow or red fruit.
3. The tart plumlike fruit of either of these plants.

[Middle English slo, from Old English slā.]

Wild plum, fruit of the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) with a sour and astringent flavour; almost the only use for it is for the preparation of sloe gin, a liqueur made by steeping sloes in gin or neutral spirit, known in France as prunelle.

[SLOH] This wild European plum is the fruit of the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa), which also bears showy white flowers. The purple-skinned sloe has an extremely tart yellow flesh. Though too sour for out-of-hand eating, sloes are used for jams, jellies and to flavor liqueurs such as prunelle and sloe gin. They're not generally available fresh in the United States.

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The noun has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: wild plum of northeastern United States having dark purple fruits with yellow flesh
  Synonyms: Allegheny plum, Alleghany plum, Prunus alleghaniensis

Meaning #2: a thorny Eurasian bush with plumlike fruits
  Synonyms: blackthorn, Prunus spinosa

Meaning #3: small sour dark purple fruit of especially the Allegheny plum bush

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - slåen

idioms:

• sloe gin    slåenlikør

Nederlands (Dutch)
sleedoorn

Français (French)
n. - prunelle, prunellier

idioms:

• sloe gin    liqueur à base de gin et de prunelles

Deutsch (German)
n. - (Bot.) Schlehe

idioms:

• sloe gin    Schlehenlikör

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (φυτολ.) αγριοκορομηλιά, αγριοκορόμηλο

idioms:

• sloe gin    λικέρ από αγριοκορόμηλα σε τζιν

Italiano (Italian)
prugnola

idioms:

• sloe gin    gin di prugnole

Português (Portuguese)
n. - abrunheiro (m)

idioms:

• sloe gin    bebida feita de abrunhos em infusão no gin

Русский (Russian)
терн, плод дикой сливы

idioms:

• sloe gin    сливовая наливка

Español (Spanish)
n. - endrino, endrina, ciruelo silvestre

idioms:

• sloe gin    ginebra de endrinas

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - slånbuske, vildplommon

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
黑刺李, 野李

idioms:

• sloe gin    野莓红琴酒

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 黑刺李, 野李

idioms:

• sloe gin    野莓紅琴酒

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 벚나무류, 야생의 자두류

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - リンボクの類, リンボク, リンボクの実

idioms:

• sloe gin    スロージン

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) برقوق ألسياج أو ثمره‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שזיף בר‬

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