bacca
果実状の実
解説 Definition
植物学用語で果実の一種。多肉質で種子を含む果実全般を指す用語。
In botanical terminology, a simple fleshy fruit whose pericarp remains soft and which typically contains one or more seeds embedded in the pulp. The term corresponds broadly to a botanical berry and is more technical than the everyday use of “berry.”
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
ラテン語 bacca「ベリー・液果」をそのまま用いた植物学語として覚える。果皮全体が多肉質で、内部に種子を含む果実を指し、日常語 berry より分類学的。baccate「液果状の」と語根 bacc-を共有する。複数形は学術的には baccae、英語化した baccas も見られる。
Link bacca directly to the botanical idea of a berry: a fleshy fruit with seeds held in its pulp. The word comes from Latin and is used as a technical classification term, so it is narrower than everyday berry, which may describe fruits that botanists classify differently. Remember the shared bacc- element in baccate, meaning “berry-like” or “bearing berries.” In technical writing, the Latin-style plural baccae may occur, while the regular English plural baccas is also used. Contrast a bacca’s fleshy pericarp with the stony inner layer of a drupe.
例文
The bacca is filled with seeds.
その実は種子でいっぱいだ。
In botanical terms, a bacca is a fleshy fruit.
植物学的には、baccaは多肉質の果実である。
The plant produces round baccas.
その植物は丸い実をつける。
bacca の類義語・関連語
bacca の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 bacca(液果・ベリー)に由来する植物学用語。語根 bacc- は「小さな丸い実」を意味し、baccate(液果状の)やbaccivorous(液果食の)などの学術語に残る。植物分類で果実の型を示す基本語。
Bacca is a direct botanical use of Latin bacca, meaning “berry” or “small fruit.” The stem bacc- remains visible in scientific derivatives such as baccate, “berry-like,” and baccivorous, “feeding on berries.” English botanical terminology adopted many Latin nouns to label fruit structures and other plant forms. The traditional Latin plural is baccae, although the regularized English plural baccas can also be found in English-language descriptions.
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