damson plum

[dam-zuhn, -suhn]

dam·son

[dam-zuhn, -suhn]
noun
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.
adjective
3.
of the color damson.

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Damson plum is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English damascene, damson < Latin (prūnum) Damascēnum (plum) of Damascus; see Damascene
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damson plum

noun
1. tropical American timber tree with dark hard heavy wood and small plumlike purple fruit [syn: satinleaf
2. plum tree long cultivated for its edible fruit 
3. dark purple plum of the damson tree [syn: damson
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