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Etymology

1. pyrene

noun. a pale yellow crystalline hydrocarbon C16H10 extracted from coal tar.

Etymology

  • -ene (English)
  • pyr- (English)
  • πυρήν (Ancient Greek (to 1453))

2. pyrene

noun. the small hard nutlet of a drupe or drupelet; the seed and the hard endocarp that surrounds it.

Etymology

  • -ene (English)
  • pyr- (English)
  • πυρήν (Ancient Greek (to 1453))

Sentences with pyrene


1. Noun, singular or mass
Drupelets are like cherries with an endocarpic seed (pyrene) in the center.

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