damson plum

Other forms: damson plums

Definitions of damson plum

1. noun

   plum tree long cultivated for its edible fruit
   synonyms: Prunus domestica insititia, damson plum tree

   type of:

   Prunus insititia, bullace

   small wild or half-domesticated Eurasian plum bearing small ovoid fruit in clusters
2. noun

   tropical American timber tree with dark hard heavy wood and small plumlike purple fruit
   synonyms: Chrysophyllum oliviforme, caimitillo, satin leaf, satinleaf

   type of:

   angiospermous tree, flowering tree

   any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary
3. noun

   dark purple plum of the damson tree
   synonyms: damson

   type of:

   plum

   any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single pit