Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for A-CIN'I-FORM
A-CI-NAC'I-FORMAC'IN-OSE, or AC'IN-OUS
A-CIN'I-FORM, a. [L. acinus, a grape stone, and forma, shape.]
Having the form of grapes; being in clusters like grapes. The uvea or posterior lamena of the iris in the eye, is called the aciniform tunic. Anatomists apply the term to many glands of a similar formation. – Quincy. Hooper.
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