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

It produces numerous green egg-shaped fruits, an inch in length, possessing an agreeable vinous and somewhat aromatic flavor, called honey berries or bullace plums.

From Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture by Saunders, William

But the latter cannot be realised, or even approached, by the individual bullace tree.

From What Is and What Might Be A Study of Education in General and Elementary Education in Particular by Holmes, Edmond

The bullace ideal is in the individual bullace tree.

From What Is and What Might Be A Study of Education in General and Elementary Education in Particular by Holmes, Edmond

Pears, apples, nuts, walnuts, bullace, chesnuts, medlars, grapes.

From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Eaton, Mary, fl. 1823-1849

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.

From Wild Life in a Southern County by Jefferies, Richard