bullock's-heart

Or bul·lock heart

[bool-uhks-hahrt]

noun

1. the large, edible fruit of a tropical American tree, Annona reticulata.

bullock's heart

noun

1. another name for custard apple custard apple

Word History and Origins

Origin of bullock's-heart¹

First recorded in 1865–70; so called from its size, color, and shape

Example Sentences

A dog which has not been having much meat, but has been chiefly fed on dog biscuit, may, on the appearance of skin irritation, be given plenty of good, underdone meat—roast mutton, sheep's head, and bullock's heart, all being very suitable.

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A bullock’s heart was also a favourite with us, provided always that Old Beans made the gravy and stuffing.

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The genus produces other edible fruits, as the common custard-apple or bullock's heart, from A. reticulāta, and the cherimoyer of Peru, from A. Cherimolia.

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They, too, wrote of the same things, but in those days men were strong enough to buy a bullock's heart for dinner, cook it with their own hands because they could not afford a servant, and make a rhymed jest of all the squalor and poverty.

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Another was a plank to which a bullock's heart had been fastened, surrounded by the words: 'Heart of Louis XVI.'

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