noun
- A berry or berry-like fruit, especially in botanical contexts; a fleshy fruit with seeds embedded in pulp.
Usage: technical/botanical; often used in scientific Latin nomenclature and formal botanical descriptions
Examples
- The botanist classified the fruit as a bacca due to its fleshy interior and multiple seeds.
- In botanical Latin, the term bacca is used to describe berry-type fruits.
- The bacca of the juniper plant is actually a modified cone, not a true berry.
- Students learned that a bacca differs from other fruit types in its seed distribution.