Bullace (Noun)
Meaning
Small wild or half-domesticated Eurasian plum bearing small ovoid fruit in clusters.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The bullace tree that grew near the old stone wall produced delicious albeit tart fruit every autumn.
- She had heard of the bullace but had never tried one until wandering through her grandfather's overgrown orchard.
- In the old recipe book, they described bullaces as being more acidic than other types of plum, requiring more sugar when making a jam.
- Visitors often wandered through the nature reserve searching for the elusive bullace tree, a rare gem amidst other woodland flora.
- Bullaces have been discovered in various locations, often the results of farming practices centuries past or of birds that carried the seeds away from an existing farm.