ə adjective
consisting of acini.
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acinus (ˈæsɪnəs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl -ni | |
| 1. | anatomy any of the terminal saclike portions of a compound gland |
| 2. | botany any of the small drupes that make up the fruit of the blackberry, raspberry, etc |
| 3. | obsolete botany a collection of berries, such as a bunch of grapes |
| [C18: New Latin, from Latin: grape, berry] | |
| acinic | |
| —adj | |
| 'acinous | |
| —adj | |
| 'acinose | |
| —adj | |
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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