bullace
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bul·lace
(bo͝ol′ĭs)n.
See damson.
[Middle English bolas, from Anglo-Norman bullace, from Medieval Latin bolluca.]
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bullace
(ˈbʊlɪs)n
(Plants) a small Eurasian rosaceous tree, Prunus domestica insititia (or P. insititia), of which the damson is the cultivated form. See also plum11
[C14: from Old French beloce, from Medieval Latin bolluca, perhaps of Gaulish origin]
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bul•lace
(ˈbʊl ɪs)n.
1. the damson.
2. the muscadine.
[1300–50; Middle English bolaz < Old French buloce, ultimately of pre-Latin orig.]
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| Noun | 1. | bullace - small wild or half-domesticated Eurasian plum bearing small ovoid fruit in clusters plum, plum tree - any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stone damson plum tree, Prunus domestica insititia, damson plum - plum tree long cultivated for its edible fruit |
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