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

The allusion is worth noting as a very early instance of the colloquial trick of abbreviation familiar in later days in such forms as "baccy" and "bacca" and their compounds.

From The Social History of Smoking by Apperson, George Latimer

“Be it? here’s some o’ the bacca he brought up from Okleton, I tell ee.”

From The Humourous Story of Farmer Bumpkin's Lawsuit by Harris, Richard

"Aw wor baan to buy a paand o' bacca wi' it," aw sed.

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

It requires, I fancy, much adroitness and experience to make any thing at "shying" at the "bacca box."

From Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland by Choules, J.O.