What's the difference between blackthorn and sloe?

Blackthorn


Definition:

  • (n.) A spreading thorny shrub or small tree (Prunus spinosa), with blackish bark, and bearing little black plums, which are called sloes; the sloe.
  • (n.) A species of Crataegus or hawthorn (C. tomentosa). Both are used for hedges.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The route from the hospital runs along the base of the Downs, where the blackthorn has already sprung in the sunshine.
  • (2) The sea has turned the quarries into lagoons, while long grasses, wild fuchsia and blackthorn have covered what the sea cannot penetrate.
  • (3) Where it has hopped and run and suckered its way along the verges the blackthorn has formed cages that protect an inner world of primroses.
  • (4) We sat in the Subaru, Prideaux discussing HS2’s destruction of his huge blackthorn hedges, a relic of the hunting forest, and the rare butterflies and bats that depend on them.
  • (5) A Havant council spokesman said the mini-tornado is believed to have caused damage to properties in Blackthorn Road and Ilex Walk, although no injuries had been reported.
  • (6) Most people think of the island and think of Cowes Week and the festival but we’ve also got 28% child poverty levels.” Jack Hickey: ‘Just throwing money at problems doesn’t always solve them’ Facebook Twitter Pinterest A primary school teacher, Hickey qualified two years ago and has taught at Blackthorn academy in Northampton since last October.
  • (7) I crawled through spiky blackthorn scrub to escape: the wildest place I encountered in central England was an old railway.
  • (8) The blackthorn that hunkers into the tufted grassland has been held in readiness, and over the week I have watched the buds swell in their leafless transition from dormancy.
  • (9) Beech, field maple, hawthorn, hazel, horse chestnut, ivy and sycamore and blackthorn have all done well.
  • (10) Prosecutors questioned Humphrey over the alleged tailing of a target during a past operation called Operation Blackthorn, in which he investigated the general manager of a Finnish company for fraud.
  • (11) A seven-year-old boy fell against a blackthorn bush and found that thorns had penetrated the skin over the left knee.
  • (12) Many different strains of rats and mice are bred at Blackthorn: some to be diabetic, others to be obese, for example.
  • (13) To enter its Blackthorn site, staff and visitors have to remove all clothing and jewellery, shower and then wear sterilised clothing, hair nets, masks and gloves, coated in anti-bacterial gel, to prevent the spread of human-borne pathogens.
  • (14) Blackthorn, which possesses very long spines, seems over-engineered to deter browsing by deer; but not, perhaps, rhinoceros.
  • (15) It is striking, formidable security but not unexpected – for this is Harlan Laboratories in Blackthorn, Oxfordshire, home to 52,000 rats and mice destined for use in medical experiments and the target of a sustained campaign of intimidation by animal activists.
  • (16) First the cherry plum to the blackthorn; next the balloon-shaped flowers of the pears; then the delicate sprays of amelanchier, which cross over with the flurry of cherries.

Sloe


Definition:

  • (n.) A small, bitter, wild European plum, the fruit of the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa); also, the tree itself.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) 'Portland, Oregon and sloe gin fizz, if that ain't love then tell me what is, uh huh…" Best name in the league... You're not fooling anyone Simon.
  • (2) Gin sales jumped 55% compared with the previous year, with upmarket products such as Warner Edwards rhubarb gin and Sipsmith sloe gin performing particularly well.
  • (3) It was a fantastic autumn for fruits, berries and nuts, especially apple and sloe, beech nuts and acorns.
  • (4) The prickles were of palm-tree (2 cases), sloe-tree (2 cases) or unknown (2 cases) origin.
  • (5) Right now wade, ankle deep, through flame-coloured leaves, catch a glimpse of ripening blue sloes shimmering in the undergrowth and dodge overhanging boughs laden with berries and rose hips.
  • (6) An abundance of holly, mistletoe and other berries such as sloe and hawthorn this autumn and early winter, far from being a predictor of cold and snow, has been a reaction to the warm spring when the trees could produce more blossoms.

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