单词 | acetary |
释义 | acetary|ˈæsɪtərɪ| [ad. mod.L. acetārium, f. acēt-um vinegar + -arium receptacle; see -ary.] ‘An acid pulpy substance in certain fruits, as the pear, inclosed in a congeries of small calculous bodies towards the base of the fruit.’ Craig 1847.
1674Grew Anat. Plants i. vi. (1682) 41 Within this lies the Acetary; 'tis allways sour, and by the bounding of the Calculary of a Globular Figure. Ibid. iv. ii. §5. 183 I have taken leave to name it the Acetary. 1753Chambers Cycl. Supp. s.v., The quince also has an Acetary, resembling, tho' less than, that of a pear. |

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