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Webster 1913 Edition

(ăs′ē̍-tā̍-ry̆)

Noun.

[L.

acetaria

salad plants.]

An acid pulp in certain fruits, as the pear.

Grew.

Noun.

[See Acid.] an acid pulpy substance in certain fruits, as the pear, inclosed in a congeries of small calculous bodies, towards the base of the fruit.

acetary

An acid pulp in certain fruits, such as the pear.
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