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sloes

sloes is the plural of sloe.

Meaning of sloe

Noun

sloe (plural sloes)

  1. The small, astringent, wild fruit of the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa).
    • There is also a dryness in the mouth from the increased action of the absorbent vessels, when a sloe or a crab-apple are masticated...1796, Erasmus Darwin, Zoonomia, or, the Laws of Organic Life, part II.I.I.III
  2. The tree Prunus spinosa.
  3. Any of various other plants of the genus Prunus, as a shrub or small tree, Prunus alleghaniensis, bearing dark-purple fruit.

Questions about sloes

What is sloes the plural of?
Sloes is the plural of sloe.

Words near sloes in the dictionary

  1. sloe-bushes
  2. sloe-eyed
  3. sloebush
  4. sloebushes
  5. sloelike
  6. sloes
  7. slofie
  8. slofies
  9. slog
  10. slog away
  11. slog one's guts out

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