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Acinus
Meaning
Noun
●
In Botany:
One of the small
grains
or
drupelets
which
make up
some
kinds of
fruit
, as the
blackberry
,
raspberry
, etc.
●
In Botany:
A grape-stone.
●
In 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
.
Sourced from
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Origin
acinus
English
acinus
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
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