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Definition of Bacca
1. Noun. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp: e.g. grape; tomato; cranberry.
Definition of Bacca
1. a berry [n -CAE]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bacca
Literary usage of Bacca
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle by Jane Welsh Carlyle (1883)
"Kind regards to Helen, and compliments to the leech. Do not work too hard.
Ever your affectionate 'Noti bena.s I've got no bacca. ..."
2. Trees and Shrubs: An Abridgment of the Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum by John Claudius Loudon (1875)
"Fruit dark purple; ripe in June and July. Varieties. a R. n. Z bacca ... The fruit
is of a dingy greenish yellow ; but a RR 3 bacca viridi Hort. has the ..."
3. An Encyclopædia of Trees and Shrubs: Being the Arboretum Et Fruticetum by John Claudius Loudon (1869)
"Fruit dark purple; ripe in June and July. Varieties. a R. n. 2 bacca ... 3 bacca
ut'ridi Hort. has the fruit green when ripe. This variety the plant has the ..."
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