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baccate (BAK-ayt) - adj., of, resembling, or bearing a berries.
That is, a fleshy fruit produced from a single ovary with seeds inside -- so compound fruits like blackberries are not, in the technical sense, berries, while blueberries are, as are persimmons and tomatoes. Though I should say "usually fleshy," as a few berries, such as peppers, have a cavity. When used of a plant, baccate means it produces berries, while used of a fruit it means it either is or resembles one. Coined in the 1820s from Latin baccātus, set or adorned with berries or pearls, from bāca or bacca, berry, pearl.
---L.
That is, a fleshy fruit produced from a single ovary with seeds inside -- so compound fruits like blackberries are not, in the technical sense, berries, while blueberries are, as are persimmons and tomatoes. Though I should say "usually fleshy," as a few berries, such as peppers, have a cavity. When used of a plant, baccate means it produces berries, while used of a fruit it means it either is or resembles one. Coined in the 1820s from Latin baccātus, set or adorned with berries or pearls, from bāca or bacca, berry, pearl.
---L.
