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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland);
[syn: acinar, acinous, acinose, acinic]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Acinose \Ac"i*nose`\, Acinous \Ac"i*nous\a. [L. acinosus, fr. acinus grapestone.] Consisting of acini, or minute granular concretions; as, acinose or acinous glands. --Kirwan. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

acinous adj 1: pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland) [syn: acinar, acinous, acinose, acinic]