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Meaning of acinus

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

acinus

Pronunciation:/ˈæsɪnəs/

noun

Definitions

  1. One of the small grains or drupelets which make up some kinds of fruit, as the blackberry, raspberry, etc.

  2. A grape-stone.

  3. 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.