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

The intermediate links of this connexion are the bullace, muscle, damacene, &c., of all which there are many varieties.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 276, October 6, 1827 by Various

For the latter part of their sacrifices they offer: Rice milk, and hasty Stewed prunes, and Raisins. pudding. baked bullace.

From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 by Motteux, Peter Anthony

As the bullace ideal is to the plum ideal, so is the ideal of English rusticity to the ideal of human nature.

From What Is and What Might Be A Study of Education in General and Elementary Education in Particular by Holmes, Edmond

It cannot be realised, or even approached, by the bullace species except through a long course of culture and breeding.

From What Is and What Might Be A Study of Education in General and Elementary Education in Particular by Holmes, Edmond

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