资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Sloe \Sloe\, n. [OE. slo, AS. sl[=a]; akin to D. slee, G.
schlehe, OHG. sl$ha, Dan. slaaen, Sw. sl?n, perhaps
originally, that which blunts the teeth, or sets them on edge
(cf. {Slow}); cf. Lith. sliwa a plum, Russ. sliva.] (Bot.)
A small, bitter, wild European plum, the fruit of the
blackthorn ({Prunus spinosa}); also, the tree itself.
Blackthorn \Black"thorn`\, n. (Bot.)
(a) A spreading thorny shrub or small tree ({Prunus
spinosa}), with blackish bark, and bearing little
black plums, which are called sloes; the sloe.
(b) A species of {Crat[ae]gus} or hawthorn ({C.
tomentosa}). Both are used for hedges.
资料来源 : WordNet®
Prunus spinosa
n : a thorny Eurasian bush with plumlike fruits [syn: {blackthorn},
{sloe}]