Thesaurus: acinus

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1. n. One of the small grains or drupelets which make up some kinds of fruit, as the blackberry, raspberry, etc.
2. n. A grapestone.
3. n. 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.
4. n. one of the small drupes making up an aggregate or multiple fruit like a blackberry
5. n. one of the small sacs or saclike dilations in a compound gland
6. 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. 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.
7. One of the granular masses which constitute a racemose orcompound gland, as the pancreas; also, one of the saccular recessesin the lobules of a racemose gland. Quain.
8. n. one of the small drupes making up an aggregate or multiple fruit like a blackberry n. one of the small sacs or saclike dilations in a compound gland