[dam-zuh
n, -suhn] 
| 1. | Also called damson plum. the small, dark-blue or purple fruit of a plum, Prunus insititia, of the rose family, introduced into Europe from Asia Minor. |
| 2. | a medium to dark violet. |
| 3. | of the color damson. |
| dam·son (dām'zən, -sən) n. In both senses also called bullace, damson plum.
[Middle English damson, damacene, from Latin (prūnum) Damascēnum, (plum) of Damascus, from Damascēnus; see damascene.] |