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pyrene
1[ pahy-reen, pahy-reen ]
noun
, Botany.
- a putamen or stone, especially when there are several in a single fruit; a nutlet.
pyrene
2[ pahy-reen ]
noun
, Chemistry.
- a polycyclic, aromatic crystalline hydrocarbon, C 1 6 H 1 0 , consisting of four fused benzene rings, found in coal tar and believed to be carcinogenic.
pyrene
1/ ˈpaɪriːn /
noun
- botany any of several small hard stones that occur in a single fruit and contain a single seed each
pyrene
2/ ˈpaɪriːn /
noun
- a solid polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon extracted from coal tar. Formula: C 16 H 10
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pyrene1
1830–40; < New Latin pȳrēna < Greek pȳrḗn fruit stone
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pyrene1
C19: from New Latin pyrena, from Greek purēn
Origin of pyrene2
C19: from pyro- + -ene
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Example Sentences
Then the pyrene extinguisher fell out, and I had to rescue it from under the nose of a tram.
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We read of a Pyrene, which was a fountain of another nature; yet of the same etymology, however differently expressed.
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I have taken notice, that the name of the mountain Pyrene signified a fountain of fire, and that the mountain had once flamed.
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Farther on the hero came upon another monster in his way, Cycnus, the son of Mars and Pyrene.
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Pyrene, a fountain in Corinth, consecrated also to the Muses.
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