acinaceous

[Acinus.] Full of kernels. ăç-in-aç-i-form, a. [Lat. (1) acinaces; Gr. ἀκινάκης ( akinakes ), properly a Persian word = the short sword or sabre in use among the Persians and Scythians: (2) form a = form.] Bot .: Scimitar-shaped, i.e., curved, fleshy, plane on the two sides, the concave border ACINACIFORM LEAF OF MESEMBRYANTHEMUM. being thick, and the convex one thin. Example, the leaves of Mesembryanthemum acin aciforme. (Lindley: Introd. to Bot.)