damson

• damascene (archaic)

From Middle English damascene, damasyn, damacene, from Latin prūnum damascēnum (“Damascene plum, plum of Damascus”). Doublet of damascene.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdæmzən/

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damson (plural damsons)

1. A subspecies of plum tree, Prunus domestica subsp. insititia, native to Eurasia.
2. The edible fruit of this tree.

   Synonym: damascene plum

   • 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Aprill. Ægloga Quarta.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC, folio 14, recto:

     And if you come hether, / When Damſines I gether, / I will part them all you among.

   • 1959, Georgette Heyer, chapter 1, in The Unknown Ajax, London; Melbourne, Vic.: William Heinemann, →OCLC:

     But Richmond […] appeared to lose himself in his own reflections. Some pickled crab, which he had not touched, had been removed with a damson pie; and his sister saw […] that he had eaten no more than a spoonful of that either.

damson (comparative more damson, superlative most damson)

1. The color of the fruit of this tree, a very deep purple.

   damson:  

• bitter damson (Simarouba amara)
• damson plum (Syzygium cumini)
• mountain damson (Simarouba amara)

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damson

1. alternative form of damasyn