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acinus
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun acinus has 2 senses
- acinus(n = noun.plant) - one of the small drupes making up an aggregate or multiple fruit like a blackberry; is a kind of drupelet
- acinus(n = noun.body) - one of the small sacs or saclike dilations in a compound gland; is a part of gland, secreter, secretor, secretory organ
Derived form adjective acinar2
is a kind of sac
Derived forms adjective acinar1, adjective acinic1, adjective acinous1
CIDE DICTIONARY
acinus, n. [L., grape, grapestone.].
- One of the small grains or drupelets which make up some kinds of fruit, as the blackberry, raspberry, etc. [1913 Webster]
- One of the granular masses which constitute a racemose or compound gland, as the pancreas; also, one of the saccular recesses in the lobules of a racemose gland. Quain. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
acinus, n. (pl. acini)
1 any of the small elements that make up a compound fruit of the blackberry, raspberry, etc.
2 the seed of a grape or berry.
3 Anat. a any multicellular gland with saclike secreting ducts. b the terminus of a duct in such a gland.
1 any of the small elements that make up a compound fruit of the blackberry, raspberry, etc.
2 the seed of a grape or berry.
3 Anat. a any multicellular gland with saclike secreting ducts. b the terminus of a duct in such a gland.
Etymology
L, = berry, kernel
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