pepulus

pepulus [cf. ME bolas, OF beloce] 1 (bot., as sb. f. or m.) bullace-tree, wild plum tree (Prunus insititia). b (by conf. w. populus) poplar. hec sunt nomina silvestrium arborum ‥ populus, cum salice, et cum tremulo et tilia, ~us [gl.: bulacir] gerens pepula, que vulgus manducat Garl. Dict. 136; prunus, acer, pepulus, populus quoque, tilia, fagus R. Maidstone Conc. 294; hec ~us, a bolystre WW; a bulas tre, ~us CathA. b hec ~us, A. popultre WW. 2 (as sb. n.) fruit of the bullace-tree, wild plum. pepulus gerens ~a [gl.: †speple [l. sc. peple] A. bolaces; purneles], que vulgus manducat Garl. Dict. 136; hoc ~um, a bolysse WW; a bulas, ~um CathA.

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