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ACINUS (Lat. for a berry)

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 148 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ACINUS (See also:Lat. for a See also:berry)  , a See also:term in See also:botany applied to such fruits as the See also:blackberry or See also:raspberry, composed of small See also:seed-like berries, and also to those berries themselves, or to See also:grape-stones . By See also:analogy, See also:acinus is applied in See also:anatomy to similar granules or glands, or lobules of a gland .

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