ɪs noun
1.
the damson.
2.
the muscadine.
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English bolaz; akin to Medieval Latin bolluca, French beloce
1300–50; Middle English bolaz; akin to Medieval Latin bolluca, French beloce
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| —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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