damson

noun

1. A subspecies of plum tree, Prunus domestica subsp. insititia, native to Eurasia.
2. The edible fruit of this tree.

   “And if you come hether, / When Damſines I gether, / I will part them all you among.”

   “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.”

adj

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