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Damson

A small oval plum of a blue color, the fruit of a variety of the Prunus domestica; -- called also damask plum.

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Plum 76% connected

The edible drupaceous fruit of the Prunus domestica, and of several other species of Prunus; also, the tree itself, usually called plum tree.

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Apricot noun · 78% connection

A fruit allied to the plum, of an orange color, oval shape, and delicious taste; also, the tree (Prunus Armeniaca of Linnaeus) which b…

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Beryl noun · 78% connection

A mineral of great hardness, and, when transparent, of much beauty. It occurs in hexagonal prisms, commonly of a green or bluish green…

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Bise noun · 78% connection

A pale blue pigment, prepared from the native blue carbonate of copper, or from smalt; -- called also blue bice.

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Blackthorn noun · 78% connection

A spreading thorny shrub or small tree (Prunus spinosa), with blackish bark, and bearing little black plums, which are called sloes; t…

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Blaubok noun · 78% connection

The blue buck. See Blue buck, under Blue.

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Blue superl. · 78% connection

Having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it, whether lighter or darker; as, the deep, blue sea; as blue as a sapphire; b…

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Bullace noun · 78% connection

A small European plum (Prunus communis, var. insitita). See Plum.

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Cat noun · 78% connection

An animal of various species of the genera Felis and Lynx. The domestic cat is Felis domestica. The European wild cat (Felis catus) is…

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Chalcanthite noun · 78% connection

Native blue vitriol. See Blue vitriol, under Blue.

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Cherry noun · 78% connection

A tree or shrub of the genus Prunus (Which also includes the plum) bearing a fleshy drupe with a bony stone;

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Chokecherry noun · 78% connection

The astringent fruit of a species of wild cherry (Prunus Virginiana); also, the bush or tree which bears such fruit.

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Crocidolite noun · 78% connection

A mineral occuring in silky fibers of a lavender blue color. It is related to hornblende and is essentially a silicate of iron and sod…

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Damask adjective · 78% connection

Having the color of the damask rose.

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Drupe noun · 78% connection

A fruit consisting of pulpy, coriaceous, or fibrous exocarp, without valves, containing a nut or stone with a kernel. The exocarp is s…

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Gage noun · 78% connection

A variety of plum; as, the greengage; also, the blue gage, frost gage, golden gage, etc., having more or less likeness to the greengag…

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Gean noun · 78% connection

A species of cherry tree common in Europe (Prunus avium); also, the fruit, which is usually small and dark in color.

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Genipap noun · 78% connection

The edible fruit of a West Indian tree (Genipa Americana) of the order Rubiaceae. It is oval in shape, as a large as a small orange, o…

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Glaucous adjective · 78% connection

Covered with a fine bloom or fine white powder easily rubbed off, as that on a blue plum, or on a cabbage leaf.

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