From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Plantsdamsondam‧son /ˈdæmzən/ noun [countable]HBPDFCHBPa small bitterpurpleplumExamples from the Corpusdamson• The dark red and damsonrobes were heavy and stifling and they could not possibly be what she was looking for.• The ring glittered on its damsonpouffe like some intra-uterine device.• Colours: purple, navy, damson.• It has a lovely old orchard full of damson trees, a paddock with goats and raresheep and a sunnyterrace.• Maggie looked for the old damson tree by McCabe's, the crab and wild cherry.• In small, nicely made woodendrums there were new potatoes no larger than damsons.• His tribe join him, five pairs, in loping flight, then a quick tail-up dive into the damsons.• In autumn and winter the cargoes were damsons, tomatoes, marrows, cucumbers, apples, and pears.
