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Answer for the clue "Pouch-shaped ", 7 letters:
saccate

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Saccate is a term used in botany to describe plant parts that are shaped like a pouch or sack. 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 ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Saccate \Sac"cate\, a. [NL. saccatus, fr. L. saccus a sack, bag.] (Biol.) Having the form of a sack or pouch; furnished with a sack or pouch, as a petal. (Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to the Saccata , a suborder of ctenophores having two pouches into which ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Shaped like a pouch or sac. 2 Having a pouch or sac. 3 Enclosed in a sac. 4 (context botany English) Of a pollen grain that has one or more saccus.