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pyrene

py·rene

UK/paɪˈɹiːni/ uncommon obsolete

noun

1.

a pale yellow crystalline hydrocarbon C16H10 extracted from coal tar

2.

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

Origin

Borrowed from Latin Pȳrēnē, from Ancient Greek Πυρήνη (Purḗnē).

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