Isidore of Seville (died 636) wrote in Latin: "The best type of plum is the Damascena, named for the city of Damascus from which it was first imported" – Ref (in Latin). The Greek writer Oribasius (died c. 400 AD) has δαμάσκηνον damaskenon literally meaning "Damascene", actually meaning a plum (ref), but not fitting well to the damson plum as such.
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Isidore of Seville (died 636) wrote in Latin: "The best type of plum is the Damascena, named for the city of Damascus from which it was first imported" – Ref (in Latin). The Greek writer Oribasius (died c. 400 AD) has δαμάσκηνον damaskenon literally meaning "Damascene", actually meaning a plum (ref), but not fitting well to the damson plum as such.
M. H. Porcher "Sorting Prunus names", in "Multilingual multiscript plant names database, University of Melbourne. Plantnames.unimelb.edu.au. Retrieved on 2012-01-01.
