damson

English

Etymology

Middle English, from Latin (prunum (“plum”)) damascenum (“of Damascus”)

Noun

damson (plural damsons)

1. A deciduous tree, Prunus insititia, native to Eurasia and related to the plum.
2. The edible fruit of this tree.

Translations

tree

Bulgarian: слива (bg) f. French: prunier de Damas (fr)

German: Zwetschgenbaum (de) m.

fruit

Bulgarian: (синя) слива (bg) f. Burmese: မက်မန်းသီး (my) (metman:thi:) French: prune de Damas (fr), damas (fr) German: Zwetschge (de) f. Norwegian: Bokmål: sviske (no) m. and f. Nynorsk: sviske (nn) f.

Persian: اجاس (fa) (ejâs) Urdu: اجاس (ur) (ijās)

Adjective

damson (comparative more damson, superlative most damson)

1. The color of the fruit of this tree, a very deep purple.

   damson colour:

See also

• Damson on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• monads, nomads