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baccate

American  
[bak-eyt] / ˈbæk eɪt /

adjective

Botany.

  1. berrylike.

  2. bearing berries.

baccate British  
/ ˈbækeɪt /

adjective

  1. like a berry in form, texture, etc

  2. bearing berries

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Etymology

Origin of baccate

1820–30; < Latin bāca, bacca berry + -ate 1

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Furnished with berries; consisting of a berry; baccate; as, a berried shrub.

From Project Gutenberg

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.

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