SLOES

Noun

sloes

plural of sloe

Anagrams

• loess, loses, soles

Source: Wiktionary


SLOE

Sloe, n. Etym: [OE. slo, AS. sla; akin to D. slee, G. schlehe, OHG. sl$ha, Dan. slaaen, Sw. sl, perhaps originally, that which blunts the teeth, or sets them on edge (cf. Slow); cf. Lith. sliwa a plum, Russ. sliva.] (Bot.)

Definition: A small, bitter, wild European plum, the fruit of the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa); also, the tree itself.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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