pyrena

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Etymology

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From New Latin pyrēna, from Ancient Greek πῡρήν (pūrḗn, fluit-stone).

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pyrena (plural pyrenae)

  1. (botany) A pyrene; a nutlet resembling a seed, or the kernel/stone of a drupe.
    • 1848, Samuel Frederick Gray, Gray's Supplement to the Pharmacopoeia:
      [] pericarp drupaceous, or baccate, 1—4 nuts (pyrena), which are sometimes enclosed in an utricular membrane []

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Noun

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pyrena

  1. definite plural of pyre