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1. (n.) acinus
a small, rounded form, as a lobule, sac, seed, or berry.
2. acinus
the smallest secreting portion of a gland.
Etymology: (1725–35; < L: grape, berry, seed of a berry)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) acinus
one of the small drupes making up an aggregate or multiple fruit like a blackberry
2. (noun) acinus
one of the small sacs or saclike dilations in a compound gland
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) acinus
one of the small grains or drupelets which make up some kinds of fruit, as the blackberry, raspberry, etc
2. (noun) acinus
a grapestone
3. (noun) acinus
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
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