Associations to the word «Acinus»
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Wiktionary
ACINUS, noun. (botany) One of the small grains or drupelets which make up some kinds of fruit, as the blackberry, raspberry, etc.
ACINUS, noun. (botany) A grape-stone.
ACINUS, noun. (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.
Dictionary definition
ACINUS, noun. One of the small drupes making up an aggregate or multiple fruit like a blackberry.
ACINUS, noun. One of the small sacs or saclike dilations in a compound gland.
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