1. A thorny Eurasian bush with plumlike fruits
   "The blackthorn hedge provided an effective barrier, while its sloes were used to make gin"; "The Prunus spinosa hedge provided an effective barrier, while its sloes were used to make gin";
   - blackthorn, Prunus spinosa
    
2. Small sour dark purple fruit of especially the Allegheny plum bush
   "They used sloes to flavour homemade gin"
    
3. Wild plum of northeastern United States having dark purple fruits with yellow flesh
   "The sloe trees were loaded with ripe fruit";
   - Allegheny plum, Alleghany plum, Prunus alleghaniensis

Sounds like: slew, slue

Derived forms: sloes

Type of: bush, plum, shrub, wild plum, wild plum tree

Part of: genus Prunus, Prunus, sloe gin

Encyclopedia: Sloe