Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Acinus \Ac"i*nus\, n.; pl. {Acini}. [L., grape, grapestone.]
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. (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.
Source : WordNet®
acinus
n 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
[also: {acini} (pl)]
acini
See {acinus}