Baccillla

/bækˈsɪlə/ noun

Definition

Variant spelling of baccilla; a small berry or diminutive berry-like botanical structure.

Etymology

From Latin bacca (berry) with diminutive suffix variations; the double-l variant is an alternative spelling found in older botanical texts.

Kelly Says

Scientific texts sometimes have spelling variants because Latin and English don't follow identical rules, and older scholars used different conventions—it's a fossil of botanical history.

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