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peple1 (s.xiiiin)
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peple1 (s.xiiiin)

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pueple  
  FEW: ∅ Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF: ∅ DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  pepulus 2185b

Although formally similar to pople2 (‘poplar-tree’) (and even treated as a single entry in AND1), the existence of separate etyma in medieval Latin confirms that these are two different types of tree.

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treesbot.bullace-tree, wild plum tree: 
( s.xiiiin )  pepulus, -li, -lo arbor est, gallice pueples  Vernac Glosses 15.78
( MS: s.xiiiex )  pepula: (C) peple  (ms. speple), anglice bolaces (var. (D: s.xiii/xiv) bolases, purneles )  TLL ii 143.78

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