BER′RY

(bĕr′-re). Syn. Bac′ca (pl. bac′cæ , -sē), L.; Baie , Fr.; Beere , Ger. Any small succulent or pulpy fruit containing several naked seeds or granules. In botany , an indehiscent pericarp or seed-ve el, pulpy, many-celled, and many-seeded, the seeds being naked, and for a time connected by a slender membrane, from which they become detached at maturity, and then remain dispersed through the pulp. It is distinguished by its figure, ., into several varieties. The leading berries employed in domestic economy and the arts are noticed in their alphabetical places (which see ).