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baccate en · ADJ

Etymology

From Latin baccātus (“set or adorned with berries or pearls”), from bacca (“berry; pearl”) + -ātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Pulpy throughout, like a berry; said of fruits.
   • 1848, Samuel Frederick Gray, Gray's Supplement to the Pharmacopoeia […] pericarp drupaceous, or baccate, 1—4 nuts (pyrena), which are sometimes enclosed in an utricular membrane […]
2. (not-comparable) Looking like a berry.
3. (not-comparable) Producing berries.