acetary

Definition

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

Etymology

From Latin acetum (“vinegar”) + -ary, resembles Latin acetaria (“salad”).

Example Sentences

• "In a pear, there are five diſtinct Parts, the Pilling, the Parenchyma, Branchery, Calculary, and Acetary. [A]s the Acetary hath no Branches of the Lignous Body, ſo neither hath it any Knots. Hence likewiſe it is, that vve have ſo different and contrary a taſt in the Parenchyma beyond the Calculary, from that in the Acetary: […]"