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a fruit so mouth-puckering it only becomes lovable after gin and patience.
means The sloe is the small, dark, intensely tart fruit of the blackthorn bush, traditionally used to flavour gin.
from From Old English 'slāh,' the name for this blackthorn fruit, with relatives across the Germanic languages — Dutch 'slee' and German 'Schlehe' are cousins. The root is often linked to an old sense of 'blue' or 'bluish-black,' fitting for the fruit's dusky skin. The same word lent its colour to 'sloe-eyed,' a poetic phrase for dark, dusky eyes.
- plant source
- the bitter blue berry of the blackthorn shrub
- raw bite
- so astringent it dries your mouth instantly
- gin trick
- frost or freezing splits skins for sloe gin
- old armory
- blackthorn wood made the Irish shillelagh club
- name twin
- unrelated to sloe-eyed, meaning soft dark gaze
sloe gin — british liqueur made by steeping sloe berries (blackthorn fruit) in gin, traditionally produced since the 18th century
blackthorn — prunus spinosa, the plant that produces sloe berries, native to europe and western asia