| Asarabacca | ‖n. [ L. asarum + bacca a berry. See Asarone. ] (Bot.) An acrid herbaceous plant (Asarum Europæum), the leaves and roots of which are emetic and cathartic. It is principally used in cephalic snuffs. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| bacca | n. 1. an indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp: e. g. grape; tomato; cranberry.
Syn. -- simple fruit [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
| Baccalaureate | n. [ NL. baccalaureatus, fr. LL. baccalaureus a bachelor of arts, fr. baccalarius, but as if fr. L. bacca lauri bayberry, from the practice of the bachelor's wearing a garland of bayberries. See Bachelor. ] 1. The degree of bachelor of arts (B.A. or A.B.), the first or lowest academical degree conferred by universities and colleges. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A baccalaureate sermon. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Baccalaureate | a. Pertaining to a bachelor of arts. [ 1913 Webster ]
Baccalaureate sermon, in some American colleges, a sermon delivered as a farewell discourse to a graduating class. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Baccarat | { ‖ } n. [ F. ] A French game of cards, played by a banker and punters. [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Baccara |
| Baccate | a. [ L. baccatus, fr. L. bacca berry. ] (Bot.) Pulpy throughout, like a berry; -- said of fruits. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Baccated | a. 1. Having many berries. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Set or adorned with pearls. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Backare | { } interj. Stand back! give place! -- a cant word of the Elizabethan writers, probably in ridicule of some person who pretended to a knowledge of Latin which he did not possess. [ 1913 Webster ] Baccare! you are marvelous forward. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Baccare |
| asarabacca | (n) thick creeping evergreen herb of western Europe, Syn. Asarum europaeum |
| baccalaureate | (n) a farewell sermon to a graduating class at their commencement ceremonies |
| baccarat | (n) a card game played in casinos in which two or more punters gamble against the banker; the player wins who holds 2 or 3 cards that total closest to nine, Syn. chemin de fer |
| baccate | (adj) resembling a berry, Syn. berrylike |
| bachelor of arts | (n) a bachelor's degree in arts and sciences, Syn. BA, Artium Baccalaurens, AB |
| bachelor's degree | (n) an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies, Syn. baccalaureate |
| bird pepper | (n) plant bearing very small and very hot oblong red fruits; includes wild forms native to tropical America; thought to be ancestral to the sweet pepper and many hot peppers, Syn. Capsicum frutescens baccatum, Capsicum baccatum |
| black huckleberry | (n) low shrub of the eastern United States bearing shiny black edible fruit; best known of the huckleberries, Syn. Gaylussacia baccata |
| old world yew | (n) predominant yew in Europe; extraordinarily long-lived and slow growing; one of the oldest species in the world, Syn. Taxus baccata, English yew |
| siberian crab | (n) Asian wild crab apple cultivated in many varieties for it small acid usually red fruit used for preserving, Syn. cherry apple, Malus baccata, Siberian crab apple, cherry crab |
| simple fruit | (n) an indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp: e.g. grape; tomato; cranberry, Syn. bacca |
| spanish bayonet | (n) tall yucca of the southwestern United States and Mexico having a woody stem and stiff swordlike pointed leaves and a large cluster of white flowers, Syn. Yucca baccata |
