n. 1 = BLACKTHORN. 2 its small bluish-black fruit with a sharp sour taste. sloe-eyed 1 having eyes of this colour. 2 slant-eyed. sloe-gin a liqueur of sloes steeped in gin.
[ OE sla(h) f. Gmc ]
SLOE
Meaning of SLOE in English
Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012