bacca
Americannoun
plural
baccaeEtymology
Origin of bacca
From the Latin word bacca, bāca “olive, any round fruit, berry”
Example Sentences
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Tobacco may be an evil weed to some, but to the farmers who grow it, "bacca" has long been manna.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Laurel, Laurus, was denominated from Al-Orus: the berry was termed bacca, from Bacchus; Myrrh, Μυῤῥα was from Ham-Ourah; Casia, from Chus.
From A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) by Bryant, Jacob
The bacca was dry as powder, but it eased the gnawin’ of my limbs, and I tottered on.
From Seven Frozen Sailors by Fenn, George Manville
"He wants a bit o' bacca, my duckie."
From Sons and Lovers by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)
“Be it? here’s some o’ the bacca he brought up from Okleton, I tell ee.”
From The Humourous Story of Farmer Bumpkin's Lawsuit by Harris, Richard
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