Hypertext Webster Gateway: "damson"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Damascene \Dam"as*cene\, n.
A kind of plume, now called {damson}. See {Damson}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Damson \Dam"son\ (d[a^]m"z'n), n. [OE. damasin the Damascus
plum, fr. L. Damascenus. See {Damascene}.]
A small oval plum of a blue color, the fruit of a variety of
the {Prunus domestica}; -- called also {damask plum}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
damson
n : sweet dark purple plum [syn: {damson plum}]
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