damson
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From Middle English damascene, damasyn, damacene, from Latin prūnum damascēnum (“Damascene plum, plum of Damascus”). Doublet of damascene.
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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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damson (comparative more damson, superlative most damson)
- The color of the fruit of this tree, a very deep purple.
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damson
- Alternative form of damasyn