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sacculi

US/ˈsæk.jəˌlaɪ/

sacculi is the plural of sacculus.

Meaning of sacculus

Noun

sacculus (plural sacculi)

  1. (obsolete) A small bag of herbs or medicinal substances, applied to the body.
    • Sacculi, or little bags of herbs, flowers, seeds, roots, and the like, applied to the head […].1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II...

Questions about sacculi

What is sacculi the plural of?
Sacculi is the plural of sacculus.
How do you pronounce sacculi?
Sacculi is pronounced /ˈsæk.jəˌlaɪ/ (US).

Words near sacculi in the dictionary

  1. sacculated
  2. sacculation
  3. sacculations
  4. saccule
  5. saccules
  6. sacculi
  7. sacculiform
  8. sacculina
  9. sacculinas
  10. sacculinid
  11. sacculinids

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