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

They went on again and found a wild bullace.

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Yonder a load of great russets; near by heavy pears bending the strong branches; round black damsons; luscious egg-plums hanging their yellow ovals overhead; bullace, not yet ripe, but presently sweetly piquant.

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Few people nowadays know what is a “bullace.”

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So you may conceive how deeply the poor old man thought of these gages, beside which his little orchard of damsons and bullaces was of small account.

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

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