bullace

n. 布拉斯李

词形变化

bullaces 复数 bullaces

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A small European plum (Prunus interstitia, syn. Prunus domestica subsp. insititia).

  2. 2.

    The bully tree.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

plum plum tree

下位词 1

damson plum

词源

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.

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