bul·lace (b l  s)n. See damson. [Middle English bolas, from Anglo-Norman bullace, from Medieval Latin bolluca.] |
bullace [ˈbʊlɪs]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a small Eurasian rosaceous tree, Prunus domestica insititia (or P. insititia), of which the damson is the cultivated form See also plum1 [1]
[from Old French beloce, from Medieval Latin bolluca, perhaps of Gaulish origin]
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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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