sloe

Meaning

Noun

• The small, bitter, wild fruit of the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa).
• The tree Prunus spinosa.
• Any of various other plants of the genus Prunus, as a shrub or small tree, Prunus alleghaniensis (species), bearing dark-purple fruit.

Origin

• From Middle English slo, sla, sloo, from Old English slā, slāh, from Proto-West Germanic *slaihā, from Proto-Germanic *slaihǭ, *slaihwō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₃y-. Sliwa.