damson


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
damson /ˈdamz(ə)n/
noun
  • 1 a small purple-black plum-like fruit.
  • 2 (also damson tree) the small tree which bears damsons, probably derived from the bullace. [Prunus domestica subsp. insititia.]
– origin ME damascene, from L. damascenum (prunum) ‘(plum) of Damascus’.
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