A type of large plum.
Name - Origin
It is a type of large plum about the size of an ox's eye (Yangoullis 2009, entry αμματόβουδον,το, 50).
It is called 'the coarse plum fruit, comparable to the eye of an ox' (Great Encyclopaedia of Cyprus, vol. 2, entry αμματόβουδον,το, 32).
George Loukas notes that it is a species of large plums similar in size to the eye of the ox, hence the name (Kypri 1979 [2002²], entry αμματόβουδον,το, 28).
Additional information and bibliography
Yangoullis K. G. (2009), Thesaurus of the Cypriot dialect. Interpretative, Etymological, Phraseological and Nomenclatural Dictionary of the Medieval and Modern Cypriot Dialect, Theopress Publications, Nicosia.
Kypri Th. D. (ed.) (1979 [2002²]), Materials for the compilation of a historical dictionary of the Cypriot dialect, Part A, Glossary of George Loukas, Publications of the Centre for Scientific Research, XLI, Nicosia.
Pavlides A. (ed.) (1985), Great Encyclopedia of Cyprus, vol. 2, Filokypros, Nicosia.
Kyriaki Panteli, Argyro Xenophontos
Traditional Recipes
Marmelada damaskino - plum jam
The plum (purnella, as it is called in Cyprus), is a sweet summer fruit, suitable for making jam and juice.