a. [ad. mod.L. aciniform-is f. ACINUS. See -FORM.] a. Having the form of a cluster of grapes, consisting of closely packed berries or drupes. b. Full of small kernels like a grape.
1847. Craig, Aciniform, full of small kernels.
1853. Mayne, Aciniform; having the form or appearance or colour of a grape; grape-like.
1877. Huxley, Anat. Inv. An., vii. 381. These glands are divisible into five different kinds (aciniform, ampullate, aggregate, tubuliform, and tuberous).
