bacca

American  

[bak-uh] / ˈbæk ə /

noun

Botany.

plural

baccae

1. a berry.

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Etymology

Origin of bacca

From the Latin word bacca, bāca “olive, any round fruit, berry”

Example Sentences

Tobacco may be an evil weed to some, but to the farmers who grow it, "bacca" has long been manna.

From Time Magazine Archive

L. bacca berry, in allusion to the round shape; or perh. fr.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

Sal Simmons kept a little shop,    An bacca seld, an spice, An traitle drink, an ginger pop,    An other things as nice.

From Yorkshire Lyrics Poems written in the Dialect as Spoken in the West Riding of Yorkshire. To which are added a Selection of Fugitive Verses not in the Dialect by Hartley, John

When they gate back th' whole haase wor full o' bacca smook, in bedrooms an passages, on th' steps, in th' sittin rooms, ther wor thick white claads ov it.

From Yorkshire Tales. Third Series Amusing sketches of Yorkshire Life in the Yorkshire Dialect by Hartley, John

So crammin’ what was left of my bacca into my pipe, I turned down a lane, and could see the man and woman that I’d spoken to stopping to look after me.

From Seven Frozen Sailors by Fenn, George Manville