Dictionary.com
definitions
  • synonyms

baccate

[bak-eyt]
adjective Botany.
  1. berrylike.
  2. bearing berries.
Show More

Origin of baccate

1820–30; < Latin bāca, bacca berry + -ate1
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

Examples from the Web for baccate

Historical Examples of baccate

  • Baccate, berried, berry-like, of a pulpy nature like a berry (bacca).

    The Elements of Botany

    Asa Gray

  • Baccate -us: berry-like: applied to bladder-like ovaries from the surface of which the short ovarian tubes arise.

British Dictionary definitions for baccate

baccate

adjective botany
  1. like a berry in form, texture, etc
  2. bearing berries
Show More

Word Origin for baccate

C19: from Latin bāca berry
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
baccate in Medicine

baccate

(băk′āt′)
adj.
  1. Resembling a berry in texture or form; berrylike.
Show More
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.