damson
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English damascene, damasyn, damacene, from Latin prūnum damascēnum (“Damascene plum, plum of Damascus”). Doublet of damascene.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdæmzən/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]damson (plural damsons)
- A subspecies of plum tree, Prunus domestica subsp. insititia, native to Eurasia.
- The edible fruit of this tree.
- 1959, Georgette Heyer, chapter 1, in The Unknown Ajax:
- But Richmond […] appeared to lose himself in his own reflections. Some pickled crab, which he had not touched, had been removed with a damson pie; and his sister saw […] that he had eaten no more than a spoonful of that either.
Translations
[edit]tree
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fruit
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Adjective
[edit]damson (comparative more damson, superlative most damson)
- The color of the fruit of this tree, a very deep purple.
- damson:
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[edit]Noun
[edit]damson
- Alternative form of damasyn
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