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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) | ||
acinus n 1: one of the small drupes making up an aggregate or multiple fruit like a blackberry 2: one of the small sacs or saclike dilations in a compound gland | ||
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Acinus \Ac"i*nus\ ([a^]s"[i^]*n[u^]s), n.; pl. Acini. [L., grape, grapestone.] 1. (Bot.) (a) One of the small grains or drupelets which make up some kinds of fruit, as the blackberry, raspberry, etc. (b) A grapestone. [1913 Webster] 2. (Anat.) 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. --Quain. [1913 Webster] | ||
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