Complete Definition of "acinus"

English
Etymology
L. acinus#Latin|acinus (grape, grapestone).

Noun
en-noun|acini
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#botany One of the small grains or drupelets which make up some kinds of fruit, as the blackberry, raspberry, etc.
#botany A grapestone.
#anatomy 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. - w:Richard Quain|Richard Quain.


Latin
Etymology
Noun
acinus m, acinum n, pl. acini
#a berry.
#the seed of a berry.
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