baccate

adj — 3 senses

baccate

adj

Etymology From Latin baccātus (“set or adorned with berries or pearls”), from bacca (“berry; pearl”) + -ātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

1

Biology, Botany, Natural sciences Pulpy throughout, like a berry; said of fruits.

  • 1848, Samuel Frederick Gray, Gray's Supplement to the Pharmacopoeia […] pericarp drupaceous, or baccate, 1—4 nuts (pyrena), which are sometimes enclosed in an utricular membrane […]
2

Looking like a berry.

3

Producing berries.

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