baccate

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adjective

Pulpy throughout, like a berry; said of fruits.

Similar
berrylikeberriedbacciferousfruitful
OriginLatin baccātus →
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Meanings

adjectivebaccate (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyPulpy 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. not comparableLooking like a berry.
  3. not comparableProducing berries.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveresembling a berry

Similar
berrylike

adjectiveproducing or bearing berries

Similar
berriedbacciferousfruitful
Also see
bacciferousberriedberrylikefruitful

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinbaccātus“set or adorned with berries or pearls”
  2. Englishbaccate

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

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APA

baccate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/baccate

MLA

“baccate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/baccate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “baccate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/baccate.

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