damson

English

damson plum fruits

Alternative forms

• damascene (archaic)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdæmzən/

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Noun

damson (plural damsons)

1. A subspecies of plum tree, Prunus domestica subsp. insititia, native to Eurasia.
2. The edible fruit of this tree.
   • 1959, Georgette Heyer, chapter 1, in The Unknown Ajax:

     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.

Translations

tree

• Armenian: դամոն (hy) (damon)
• Catalan: prunyoner m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 烏荊子李／乌荆子李 (wūjīngzilǐ)

• Czech: trnoslíva f, trnoslívka f, slivoň slíva f
• Danish: kræge
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: kriikunapuu
• French: prunier de Damas (fr) m, prunéolier m, créquier (fr) m (Northeast)
• Galician: fatoeiro (gl) m, ameixeiro m, ameixeira (gl) f
• Georgian: ღოღნოშო (ɣoɣnošo), დამასხი (damasxi)
• German: Kriechenpflaumenbaum m, Krieche f, Kriechenpflaume f
• Greek: αγριοδαμάσκηνο n (agriodamáskino)

  Ancient: σποδιάς f (spodiás)

• Ido: quechiero (io)
• Irish: crann daimsíní m
• Middle English: damasyn
• Old Prussian: krichaytos
• Polish: lubaszka (pl) f
• Portuguese: abrunheiro (pt) m
• Romanian: goldan (ro) m, renglot m
• Russian: терносли́в (ru) m (ternoslív), терносли́ва (ru) f (ternoslíva)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: трно̀шљива f

  Latin: trnòšljiva (sh) f

• Slovak: trnoslivka f
• Slovene: trnọ́səlj m, drnọ́səlj m
• Swedish: krikonträd n, krikon (sv) n
• Welsh: coeden eirin duon f

fruit

• Armenian: դամոն (hy) (damon)
• Bulgarian: синя слива f (sinja sliva)
• Burmese: မက်မန်းသီး (makman:si:)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 烏荊子李／乌荆子李 (wūjīngzilǐ)

• Danish: kræge
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: kriikuna (fi)
• French: quetsche (fr) f, (Switzerland) pruneau (fr) m, crèque (fr) f (Northeast)
• Galician: fatón (gl) m, ameixa (gl) f
• Georgian: ღოღნოშო (ɣoɣnošo), დამასხი (damasxi)
• German: Krieche f, Kriechenpflaume f

  Low German: Kreke f

  Middle Low German: kreke f

• Greek: αγριοδαμάσκηνο n (agriodamáskino)
• Ido: quecho (io), damaceno (io)
• Irish: daimsín m
• Lithuanian: kryklė (lt) f
• Mazanderani: سوتی (suti), کلیکک (kalikak)
• Middle English: damasyn
• Norman: preune dé Damas f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sviske (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: sviske f

• Old Prussian: krichaytos
• Polish: lubaszka (pl) f
• Portuguese: abrunho (pt) m
• Romanian: goldană (ro) f, renglotă (ro) f
• Romansch: primbla f
• Russian: терносли́в (ru) m (ternoslív), терносли́ва (ru) f (ternoslíva)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: трно̀шљива f

  Latin: trnòšljiva (sh) f

• Slovak: trnoslivka f
• Slovene: trnọ́səlj m, drnọ́səlj m
• Spanish: endrino mayor m
• Swedish: krikon (sv) n
• Welsh: eirinen ddu f

Adjective

damson (comparative more damson, superlative most damson)

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

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Derived terms

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

Further reading

• damson on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Domans, Madson, Mondas, mad ons, mad-ons, mandos, monads, nomads

Middle English

Noun

damson

1. Alternative form of damasyn