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English
Etymology
From Latin acetum (“vinegar”) + -ary, resembles Latin acetaria (“salad”).
Pronunciation
Noun
acetary
- An acid pulp in certain fruits, such as the pear.
1671 December 17 (Gregorian calendar), Nehemiah Grew, “The Anatomy of Plants, Begun. The First Book. Chapter VI. Of the Fruit.”, in The Anatomy of Plants. , 2nd edition, : W. Rawlins, for the author, published 1682, →OCLC, page 41: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: […]