Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as pyrene.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Bot.) A nutlet resembling a seed, or the kernel of a drupe.

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  • noun botany A nutlet resembling a seed, or the kernel of a drupe - Gray

Etymologies

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From New Latin, from Greek (Ancient Greek?), the stone of fruit

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