bullace

American  

[bool-is] / ˈbʊl ɪs /

noun

1. the damson.

2. the muscadine.

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bullace British  

/ ˈbʊlɪs /

noun

1. a small Eurasian rosaceous tree, Prunus domestica insititia (or P. insititia ), of which the damson is the cultivated form See also plum 1

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Etymology

Origin of bullace

1300–50; Middle English bolaz; akin to Medieval Latin bolluca, French beloce

Example Sentences

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bullace

The third sort was a black berry, not in such plenty as the others, and resembled a bullace, or large kind of sloe, both in size and taste.

From A Narrative Of The Mutiny, On Board His Majesty's Ship Bounty; And The Subsequent Voyage Of Part Of The Crew, In The Ship's Boat by Bligh, William

These, and the mulberry, are the most common; next are the bullace and damson. 

From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by Griffith, William

Green gooseberries, morello cherries, currants, green gages, or bullace, may be done the same way.

From The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual by Kitchiner, William

Scuppernong, skup′ėr-nong, n. a cultivated variety of the muscadine, bullace, or southern fox-grape of the United States.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

There they also found grapes so prodigiously large, that they seemed more like bullace than grapes.

From The History of Virginia, in Four Parts by Beverley, Robert