n. & adj.
n. 1 (in full damson plum) a a small dark-purple plumlike fruit. b the small deciduous tree, Prunus institia, bearing this. 2 a dark-purple colour.
adj. damson-coloured. damson cheese a solid preserve of damsons and sugar.
[ ME damacene, -scene, -sene f. L damascenum (prunum plum) of Damascus: see DAMASCENE ]