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.
Related terms
* bisaccate
* monosaccate
* saccate