bullace
English
Etymology
From Middle English bolas, bolace, from Old French beloce; of Celtic origin.
Noun
bullace (plural bullaces)
- A small European plum (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.).
- Synonym: damson
- 1930, Harold Webber Freeman, Down in the Valley (page 48)
- 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?
- The bully tree.
Translations
European plum — see damson