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Webster 1913 Edition

Acetary

Ac′e-ta-ry

(ăs′ē̍-tā̍-ry̆)
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Noun.
[L.
acetaria
salad plants.]
An acid pulp in certain fruits, as the pear.
Grew.

Webster 1828 Edition

Acetary

AC'ETARY

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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.

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