noun
- the small dark blue-black fruit of the blackthorn bush
- the thorny shrub that produces sloes; blackthorn
Examples
- The sloes were ripe and ready for picking in late autumn.
- She gathered sloes from the hedgerow to make jam.
- Sloe gin is a popular liqueur made from the dark berries.
- The sloe bush formed a natural barrier along the field edge.
- Wild sloes have a very tart, astringent taste when eaten raw.
- The thorny sloe branches provided excellent nesting sites for birds.