| NOUN | plant | acinus | one of the small drupes making up an aggregate or multiple fruit like a blackberry |
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| body | acinus | one of the small sacs or saclike dilations in a compound gland |
| Meaning | One of the small drupes making up an aggregate or multiple fruit like a blackberry. | |
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| Broader | drupelet | A small part of an aggregate fruit that resembles a drupe |
| Spanish | acino glandular | |
| Adjectives | acinar | pertaining to the individual parts making up an aggregate fruit like a blackberry |
| Meaning | One of the small sacs or saclike dilations in a compound gland. | |
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| Part of | gland, secretory organ, secretor, secreter | Any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream |
| Broader | sac | A structure resembling a bag in an animal |
| Spanish | acino | |
| Adjectives | acinar, acinous, acinose, acinic | pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland) |
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