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Noun: acinus (acini)  a-sun-us
  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

Derived forms: acini

Type of: drupelet, sac

Part of: gland, secreter, secretor, secretory organ

Encyclopedia: Acinus

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acinar
acinic
Acinonyx
Acinonyx jubatus
Acinos
Acinos arvensis
acinose
acinous
acinus
Acipenser
Acipenser huso
Acipenser transmontanus
Acipenseridae
ack-ack
ack-ack gun
ackee
acknowledge
acknowledgeable
acknowledged