bullace

bul·lace

[bool-is]
noun
1.
the damson.
2.
the muscadine.

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

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bullace (ˈbʊlɪs) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
See also plum a small Eurasian rosaceous tree, Prunus domestica insititia (or P. insititia), of which the damson is the cultivated form
 
[C14: from Old French beloce, from Medieval Latin bolluca, perhaps of Gaulish origin]

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