Meanings
plural damsons · alternative archaic damascene
- The edible fruit of this tree.
And if you come hether, / When Damſines I gether, / I will part them all you among.
1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Aprill. Ægloga Quarta.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC, folio 14, recto1 more example
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.
1959, Georgette Heyer, chapter 1, in The Unknown Ajax, London; Melbourne, Vic.: William Heinemann, →OCLCSynonyms: damascene plum
comparative more damson · superlative most damson · alternative archaic damascene
- The color of the fruit of this tree, a very deep purple.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe edible fruit of this tree.
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Origin
- Latinprūnum damascēnum“Damascene plum, plum of Damascus”
- Middle Englishdamascene
- Englishdamson
From Middle English damascene, damasyn, damacene, from Latin prūnum damascēnum (“Damascene plum, plum of Damascus”). Doublet of damascene.
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Ancient Greek σποδιάς
- σποδιάς (spodiás)tree
Bulgarian синя слива
- синя слива (sinja sliva)fruit
Catalan prunyoner
- prunyonertree
Chinese Mandarin 烏荊子李 /乌荆子李, 烏荊子李 /乌荆子李
- 烏荊子李 /乌荆子李 (wūjīngzilǐ)fruit
- 烏荊子李 /乌荆子李 (wūjīngzilǐ)tree
Czech slíva, trnoslíva
- slívafruit
- trnoslívatree
- trnoslívkatree
- slivoň slívatree
Danish kræge, kræge
- krægefruit
- krægetree
Finnish kriikuna, kriikunapuu
- kriikunafruit
- kriikunapuutree
French quetsche, pruneau
- quetschefruit
- pruneaufruit
- crèquefruit
- prunier de Damastree
- prunéoliertree
- créquiertree
German Krieche, Kriechenpflaume
- Kriechefruit
- Kriechenpflaumefruit
- Kriechenpflaumenbaumtree
- Kriechetree
- Kriechenpflaumetree
Greek αγριοδαμάσκηνο, αγριοδαμάσκηνο
- αγριοδαμάσκηνο (agriodamáskino)fruit
- αγριοδαμάσκηνο (agriodamáskino)tree
Hungarian kökényszilva, kökényszilva
- kökényszilvafruit
- kökényszilvatree
Irish daimsín, crann daimsíní
- daimsínfruit
- crann daimsínítree
Lithuanian kryklė
- kryklėfruit
Norwegian Bokmål sviske
- sviskefruit
Polish lubaszka, lubaszka
- lubaszkafruit
- lubaszkatree
Portuguese abrunho, abrunheiro
- abrunhofruit
- abrunheirotree
Romanian goldană, renglotă
- goldanăfruit
- renglotăfruit
- goldantree
- renglottree
Russian терносли́в, терносли́ва
- терносли́в (ternoslív)fruit
- терносли́ва (ternoslíva)fruit
- терносли́в (ternoslív)tree
- терносли́ва (ternoslíva)tree
Slovak trnoslivka, trnoslivka
- trnoslivkafruit
- trnoslivkatree
Spanish endrino mayor, ciruela Damasco
- endrino mayorfruit
- ciruela Damascofruit
- endrino mayortree
- ciruelo de Damascotree
Swedish krikon, krikonträd
- krikonfruit
- krikonträdtree
- krikontree
Welsh eirin duon, coeden eirin duon
- eirin duonfruit
- coeden eirin duontree
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damson. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/damson
“damson.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/damson. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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