baccate
Americanadjective
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like a berry in form, texture, etc
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bearing berries
Etymology
Origin of baccate
1820–30; < Latin bāca, bacca berry + -ate 1
Example Sentences
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In the pomegranate there is a peculiar baccate many-celled inferior fruit, having a tough rind, enclosing two rows of carpels placed one above the other.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
Furnished with berries; consisting of a berry; baccate; as, a berried shrub.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah
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