pyrena

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

• IPA^(key): /paɪˈɹiːnə/

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pyrena (plural pyrenae)

2. (botany) A nutlet resembling a seed, or the stone of a drupe, comprising the endocarp and the kernel.

   Alternative form: pyrene

   Synonyms: stone, pit, seed pit

   Hyponyms: cherry pit, peach pit

   Holonyms: pericarp < drupe, stone fruit

   Meronyms: endocarp, seed

   Near-synonym: pip

   • 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 […]

• napery, penary

pyrena

1. definite plural of pyre