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Acinus

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Noun

1. acinus

one of the small drupes making up an aggregate or multiple fruit like a blackberry

2. acinus

one of the small sacs or saclike dilations in a compound gland

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Acinus

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noun plural -ni (-ˌnaɪ)
1. anatomy
any of the terminal saclike portions of a compound gland
2. botany
any of the small drupes that make up the fruit of the blackberry, raspberry, etc
3. botany obsolete
a collection of berries, such as a bunch of grapes

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Acinus

see synonyms of acinus
nounWord forms: plural ˈaciˌni (ˈæsɪˌnaɪ ; asˈinīˌ)
Anatomy
one of the small sacs of a compound or racemose gland

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Acinus

see synonyms of acinus
n. pl. ac·i·ni (-nī′)
One of the small saclike dilations composing a compound gland.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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