Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Resembling a berry in texture or form; berrylike.
- adjective Bearing berries.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany: Pulpy and berry-like: applied to fruits. See
berry . Bearing berries; berried.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Pulpy throughout, like a berry; -- said of fruits.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective botany
Pulpy throughout, like aberry ; said of fruits. Asa Gray. - adjective Looking like a
berry - adjective Producing
berries
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective resembling a berry
- adjective producing or bearing berries
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Because of this hegemony, many faculty on the left have softened into baccate self-caricatures, unable to tolerate dissent, and unwilling to think hard enough to justify their own positions.
Archive 2004-07-01 2004
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Because of this hegemony, many faculty on the left have softened into baccate self-caricatures, unable to tolerate dissent, and unwilling to think hard enough to justify their own positions.
Pilgrim's Egress 2004
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Schlechtendal describes [540] the ordinarily baccate fruit of a vine as becoming dry, and even dehiscing by valves like a capsule.
Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters
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Woods entirely of A. densa, with a small baccate-like deciduous leaved tree.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
fbharjo commented on the word baccate
berry nice
February 1, 2007
bilby commented on the word baccate
Looks like one of those left-hand only words.
October 11, 2008