adjective

• Dilated to form a sac.

  ‘Finally, nectar collects in the saccate nectary spur formed by the fusion of the margins of the labellum and the base of the column-foot.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘The third sepal is saccate, with a slightly incurvate spur.’
  • ‘Many modern conifers produce saccate pollen.’
  • ‘They are saccate or cylindrically-shaped animals with three prominent regions (corona, trunk, foot).’
  • ‘One pair of saccate gonads lies between the dorsoventral muscles and the epidermis.’