Sloe
English Meaning
A small, bitter, wild European plum, the fruit of the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa); also, the tree itself.
- See blackthorn.
- Either of two eastern North American plum trees or shrubs, Prunus alleghaniensis, having dark purple fruit, or P. americana, having yellow or red fruit.
- The tart plumlike fruit of either of these plants.