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Meaning of ACINUS

Pronunciation:  'asunus

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  one of the small sacs or saclike dilations in a compound gland
  2. [n]  one of the small drupes making up an aggregate or multiple fruit like a blackberry
 
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 See Also: drupelet, gland, sac, secreter, secretor, secretory organ

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ac"i*nus\, n.; pl. {Acini}. [L., grape, grapestone.]
1. (Bot.)
   (a) One of the small grains or drupelets which make up
       some kinds of fruit, as the blackberry, raspberry,
       etc.
   (b) A grapestone.
2. (Anat.) 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.
 

 

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