Pyrene

//ˈpɪɹ.ən// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon containing four fused benzene rings; first isolated from coal tar
  2. 2
    Alternative form of pyrena. alt-of, alternative
  3. 3
    the small hard nutlet of a drupe or drupelet; the seed and the hard endocarp that surrounds it wordnet
  4. 4
    a pale yellow crystalline hydrocarbon C16H10 extracted from coal tar wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to the Pyrenees, a range of mountains separating France and Spain; Pyrenean. not-comparable, obsolete, relational

    "The power of the Kings more abſolute, than in moſt other kingdomes, their territories very large; for the Kings of England, beſide Ireland, have commanded from the Iſles of Orkenay, to the Pyrene Mountains, and are de jure,Kings of all France by deſcent."

Synonyms

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pitseed pitstone

Example

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"The power of the Kings more abſolute, than in moſt other kingdomes, their territories very large; for the Kings of England, beſide Ireland, have commanded from the Iſles of Orkenay, to the Pyrene Mountains, and are de jure,Kings of all France by deſcent."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From pyr- + -ene.

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek πῡρήν (pūrḗn, “fruit-stone”).

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Latin Pȳrēnē (“the Pyrenees”).

Related phrases

benzene ringcoal tar

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