bullace

[boo l-is]

noun

the damson.

the muscadine.

Nearby words

Origin of bullace

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

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Examples from the Web for bullace

There they also found grapes so prodigiously large, that they seemed more like bullace than grapes.
The History of Virginia, in Four Parts|Robert Beverley
As the bullace ideal is to the plum ideal, so is the ideal of English rusticity to the ideal of human nature.
What Is and What Might Be|Edmond Holmes
It cannot be realised, or even approached, by the bullace species except through a long course of culture and breeding.
What Is and What Might Be|Edmond Holmes
The downiness noticed on the underside of the Bullace leaves is here restricted to the ribs of the leaf.
Wayside and Woodland Trees|Edward Step

The plum ideal is the true nature of the plum, but is not the true nature of the bullace.
What Is and What Might Be|Edmond Holmes

British Dictionary definitions for bullace

bullace

noun

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

Word Origin for bullace

C14: from Old French beloce, from Medieval Latin bolluca, perhaps of Gaulish origin

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