Associations to the word «Acinus»

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.

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.