saccate

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Saccate is a term used in botany to describe plant parts that are shaped like a pouch or sack.{{cite book

| last = Harrison

| first = Lorraine

| title = Latin for Gardeners

| publisher = Royal Horticultural Society

| date = 2012

| pages = 181

| isbn = 9781845337315

}} Sometimes, when all members of a taxon share a property of having some part being saccate, this is referred to in the name of the taxon, such as the algae family Phaeosaccionaceae.{{Cite journal | doi=10.3732/ajb.94.8.1371| pmid=21636505|title = Aerodynamics of saccate pollen and its implications for wind pollination| journal=American Journal of Botany| volume=94| issue=8| pages=1371–1381|year = 2007|last1 = Schwendemann|first1 = Andrew B.| last2=Wang| first2=George| last3=Mertz| first3=Meredith L.| last4=McWilliams| first4=Ryan T.| last5=Thatcher| first5=Scott L.| last6=Osborn| first6=Jeffrey M.| bibcode=2007AmJB...94.1371S}}