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noun
A small European plum (Prunus interstitia, syn. Prunus domestica subsp. insititia).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: damson, bullace plum
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The bully tree.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
small wild or half-domesticated Eurasian plum bearing small ovoid fruit in clusters
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Prunus insititia
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Broader terms: plum, plum tree
Narrower terms: damson plum, damson plum tree, Prunus domestica insititia
History
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.
