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baccate

[ bak-eyt ]

adjective

, Botany.
  1. bearing berries.


baccate

/ ˈbækeɪt /

adjective

  1. like a berry in form, texture, etc
  2. bearing berries


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Word History and Origins

Origin of baccate1

1820–30; < Latin bāca, bacca berry + -ate 1

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Word History and Origins

Origin of baccate1

C19: from Latin bāca berry

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Example Sentences

Baccate -us: berry-like: applied to bladder-like ovaries from the surface of which the short ovarian tubes arise.

Woods entirely of A. densa, with a small baccate-like deciduous leaved tree.

Schlechtendal describes the ordinarily baccate fruit of a vine as becoming dry, and even dehiscing by valves like a capsule.

Baccate, berried, berry-like, of a pulpy nature like a berry (bacca).

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