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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A small bag of herbs or medicinal substances, applied to the body. obsolete

   "Sacculi, or little bags of herbs, flowers, seeds, roots, and the like, applied to the head […]."

2. 2
   a small sac or pouch (especially the smaller chamber of the membranous labyrinth) wordnet
3. 3
   UK form of saccule. UK, alt-of

Synonyms

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anatomybotanycapsulereceptaclesacculesaccule

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"Sacculi, or little bags of herbs, flowers, seeds, roots, and the like, applied to the head […]."

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin sacculus (“a little sack or bag”), diminutive of saccus (“a sack, bag, purse”). Doublet of saccule.

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