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Webster 1913 Edition
Damson
Dam′son
(dăm′z’n)
, Noun.
[OE.
damasin
the Damascus plum, fr. L. Damascenus. See Damascene
.] A small oval plum of a blue color, the fruit of a variety of the
Prunus domestica
; – called also damask plum
. Webster 1828 Edition
Damson
DAM'SON
,Noun.
Definition 2024
damson
damson
English
Noun
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.
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Translations
tree
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fruit
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Adjective
damson (comparative more damson, superlative most damson)
- The color of the fruit of this tree, a very deep purple.
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damson colour:
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