damsonとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• damascene (古風な用法)

語源

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

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈdæmzən/

名詞

damson (複数形 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.

形容詞

damson (comparative more damson, superlative most damson)

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

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派生語

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

Further reading

• damson on Wikipedia.

アナグラム

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