pyrena

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paɪˈɹiːnə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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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 […]

Anagrams

• napery, penary

Swedish

Noun

pyrena

1. definite plural of pyre