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pyrenous

pyrenous adjective: relating to the stone of a drupe.

Adjective

pyrenous (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the stone of a drupe.

Origin of pyrenous

From pyrene + -ous.

Words formed from pyrenous

Questions about pyrenous

What does pyrenous mean?
Pyrenous means relating to the stone of a drupe.
What part of speech is pyrenous?
Pyrenous is an adjective.

Words near pyrenous in the dictionary

  1. pyrenomycete
  2. pyrenomycetes
  3. pyrenomycetous
  4. pyrenophore
  5. pyrenophores
  6. pyrenous
  7. pyrenyl
  8. pyrenylene
  9. pyrenylenes
  10. pyrenyls
  11. pyres

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