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English
Etymology
From New Latin pyrēna, from Ancient Greek πῡρήν (pūrḗn, “fluit-stone”).
Pronunciation
Noun
pyrena (plural pyrenae)
- (botany) A nutlet resembling a seed, or the kernel/stone of a drupe.
- Synonym: pyrene
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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Swedish
Noun
pyrena
- definite plural of pyre