damsons in English

noun
1
a small purple-black plumlike fruit.
European-type plums include the prunes and damsons : ‘Italian’ and ‘Stanley’ are two of the most famous.
2
the small deciduous tree that bears the damson fruit, probably derived from the bullace.
The reserve contains the remains of an apple and damson orchard.

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1. Bullaces are essentially small damsons, often with a rounder shape, and used for similar purposes

2. Bullaces are similar, but larger (an inch or so long) and sweeter, more like damsons in taste

3. Plums are a group of stone fruit that apart from plums and gages ( Prunus domestica ) also includes damsons, mirabells and Bullaces ( P

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5. Some botanists regard all of the plums, damsons, Bullaces, and greengages as hybrids of the humble sloe, others suggest they are cross breeds with the yellow cherry plum

6. Without a doubt the sweetest of all the temperate fruits, the European plums include gages, prunes, mirabelles and tart fruits used only for cooking: damsons, Bullaces and sloes

7. ‘Gages, Bullaces and damsons are all grown in the same way as plums.’ ‘I discovered a Bullace tree, a wild plum, absolutely loaded with fruit and resolved to pick some fruit and make some wine, all the while documenting the process with recordings.’

8. ‘Biltong, pemmican, jerky, Bresaola, Parma ham and bacon are dried meats.’ ‘He home-cures pancetta and Bresaola and knows exactly what to do with a glut of damsons.’ ‘Being hung out to dry isn't always a good thing, but Bresaola beef is an exception.’ ‘I'm particularly fond of the Bresaola and Parmesan.’

9. Indulge your taste buds in an Ambrosial meal prepared by a creative Hawaiian chef, then take a long languorous walk, arm in arm, along the beach.: A pity, because the beautifully poached damsons, greengages and plums which accompanied them were Ambrosial enough to serve on their own.: A rose covered arbour smells Ambrosial, looks even better and the path through it leads you into the garden.

10. The Bullace is a variety of plum.It bears edible fruit similar to those of the damson, and like the damson is considered to be a strain of the insititia subspecies of Prunus domestica.Although the term has regionally been applied to several different kinds of "wild plum" found in the United Kingdom, it is usually taken to refer to varieties with a round shape, as opposed to the oval damsons.