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1. Wild plum of northeastern United States having dark purple fruits with yellow flesh
   - Allegheny plum, Alleghany plum, Prunus alleghaniensis
    
2. A thorny Eurasian bush with plumlike fruits
   - blackthorn, Prunus spinosa
    
3. Small sour dark purple fruit of especially the Allegheny plum bush

Sounds like: slow

Derived forms: sloes

Type of: bush, plum, shrub, wild plum, wild plum tree

Part of: genus Prunus, Prunus, sloe gin

Encyclopedia: Sloe