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Saccate vs Saccus - What's the difference?

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Saccus is a related term of saccate.



In botany terms the difference between saccate and saccus

is that saccate is of a pollen grain that has one or more sacci while saccus is a bladder or wing-like structure found on the pollen grains of many species of conifer. The shape or number of the sacci on a pollen grain can help identify the species it came from.

As an adjective saccate

is shaped like a pouch or sac.

As a noun saccus is

a bladder or wing-like structure found on the pollen grains of many species of conifer. The shape or number of the sacci on a pollen grain can help identify the species it came from.

saccate

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Shaped like a pouch or sac.
  • Having a pouch or sac.
  • Enclosed in a sac.
  • (botany) Of a pollen grain that has one or more sacci.
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    saccus

    English

    Noun

    (sacci)
  • (botany) A bladder or wing-like structure found on the pollen grains of many species of conifer. The shape or number of the sacci on a pollen grain can help identify the species it came from.