ACINUS

AC'INUS, noun [Latin] In botany, one of the small grains, which compose the fruit of the blackberry, etc.

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‖Ac″i‐nus (�), n.; pl. Acini (�). [] 1. 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. 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.