bacca

bacca — noun

1. a type of soft fruit that forms when a single flower ovary matures, with one or

1.名詞C2
釋義

a type of soft fruit that forms when a single flower ovary matures, with one or more seeds held inside the juicy inner flesh — examples include grapes, tomatoes, and cranberries

例句

In botany class, Ayana learned that a tomato is technically a bacca, not a vegetable.

botany domain: classifying fruits by structure

The cranberry is a classic bacca because its seeds sit inside the soft, edible pulp.

同義詞
  • berry

    the everyday word for small fleshy fruits; 'berry' is broader and can include fruits that botanists do not classify as true baccae (e.g. strawberries)

  • simple fleshy fruit

    a descriptive category label used in plant science; it covers other fruit types besides baccae, such as drupes

文法句型

a bacca

baccae (plural)

用法筆記

This is a specialist botanical term found mainly in textbooks, scientific papers, and plant identification guides. In everyday English, most speakers use the word 'berry' instead.

常見錯誤

❌A strawberry is a bacca because it has seeds on the outside.
✅A strawberry is not a bacca
💡botanically it is an aggregate fruit because the seeds sit on the outer surface, not inside the pulp.' — Bacca sense requires seeds embedded within the flesh.

2. an informal or dialect word for tobacco, especially dried tobacco leaves that ar

2.名詞B2
釋義

an informal or dialect word for tobacco, especially dried tobacco leaves that are smoked in a pipe or rolled into cigarettes

例句

Grandpa shuffled onto the porch and packed his pipe with sweet-smelling bacca.

informal / dialect: pipe-smoking context

Nila wrinkled her nose at the cheap bacca smell drifting from the old man's coat.

同義詞
  • tobacco

    the standard, neutral word; 'tobacco' is appropriate in all registers, while 'bacca' is informal or dialectal

  • baccy

    another informal British spelling and pronunciation variant of tobacco, very similar to 'bacca' in register

文法句型

some bacca

loose bacca

用法筆記

This sense is primarily British dialect and literature. It is not used in formal writing or in health warnings about smoking. Note that 'bacca' can sometimes be countable (as in 'a bacca') when referring to a particular type or blend of tobacco.

常見錯誤

❌The chemist warned me about the dangers of smoking bacca.
✅The chemist warned me about the dangers of smoking tobacco.
💡The informal word 'bacca' sounds odd in a serious health context; use 'tobacco' instead.
❌I bought a bacca at the corner shop.
✅I bought some tobacco at the corner shop.
💡'Bacca' is uncountable in its basic sense; use 'some tobacco'.