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baccate

baccate adjective: pulpy throughout, like a berry; said of fruits.

Adjective

baccate (not comparable)

  1. Pulpy throughout, like a berry; said of fruits.
    • […] pericarp drupaceous, or baccate, 1—4 nuts (pyrena), which are sometimes enclosed in an utricular membrane […]1848, Samuel Frederick Gray, Gray's Supplement to the Pharmacopoeia
  2. Looking like a berry.
  3. Producing berries.

Origin of baccate

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

Questions about baccate

What does baccate mean?
Baccate means pulpy throughout, like a berry; said of fruits.
What part of speech is baccate?
Baccate is an adjective.

Words near baccate in the dictionary

  1. baccarats
  2. baccare
  3. Baccari
  4. Baccarin
  5. Baccaris
  6. baccate
  7. baccated
  8. baccatin
  9. baccatins
  10. baccer
  11. Bacchae

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