What is the Latin word for berry?

The usual Latin words for “berry” are acinus, rubus, baccātus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

English → Latin

“berry” in Latin

acinusa berry, especially the grape.; the seed of a berry.rubusbramble, blackberry bush; a blackberry (fruit), raspberry (fruit)baccātusproducing or bearing berries; berry-like or pulpy

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

berry

bacca, baccula (little berry): acinus (of those which grow in clusters). Bay-berry, bacca lauri. Blackberry, morum rubi, rubum. Bilberry plant, vaccinium myrtillus (Linn.): the berry, bacca myrtilli. Bearing berries, baccatus, baccalis.

Berry

Bituricensis provincia (f.); an inhabitant of Berry, Biturix, -icis (m.)

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for berry?: The usual Latin words for “berry” are acinus, rubus, baccātus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.