pyrena

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /paɪˈɹiːnə/
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Noun

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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