Sacculus
/ˈsak.jʊl.əs/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 a small sac or pouch (especially the smaller chamber of the membranous labyrinth) wordnet
- 3 UK form of saccule. UK, alt-of
Antonyms
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More examples"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.