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bullace

bullace noun: a small European plum (Prunus interstitia, syn. Prunus domestica subsp. insititia).

Noun

bullace (plural bullaces)

  1. A small European plum (Prunus interstitia, syn. Prunus domestica subsp. insititia).
    • If he ate bullace tart and bullace pie for a week, he would hardly empty the smallest of the baskets; and then they would begin to go bad. Nothing remained but to give them away, but to whom?1930, Harold Webber Freeman, Down in the Valley, page 48
    Synonyms:
    damson, bullace plum
  2. The bully tree.

Synonyms of bullace

Forms of bullace

pluralbullaces

Origin of bullace

From Middle English bolas, bolace, from Anglo-Norman and Old French beloce, buloce (“sloe”), from Vulgar Latin *bullucea, from Late Latin bulluca (“kind of small fruit”); of Celtic/Gaulish origin, akin to Celtiberian *bullācā, from Proto-Celtic *bullākā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeHw- (“to swell, puff”), itself imitative. Possibly influenced by Latin galla (“oak apple”) with metathesis of the consonants. See also Spanish bugalla (“oak apple”), Portuguese bugalho, and (the distantly related) Latin bucca.

Words formed from bullace

Phrases with bullace

Questions about bullace

What does bullace mean?
Bullace means a small European plum (Prunus interstitia, syn. Prunus domestica subsp. insititia).
What part of speech is bullace?
Bullace is a noun.
What is the plural of bullace?
The plural of bullace is bullaces.

Words near bullace in the dictionary

  1. bull-whip
  2. bull-whips
  3. bulla
  4. Bulla Creek
  5. Bullaburra
  6. bullace
  7. bullace plum
  8. bullace plums
  9. bullaces
  10. bullae
  11. Bullagreen

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