🧪 A chemical 🌰 A hard seed

pyrene

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A small hard stone inside fruits like cherries that protects the seed

noun
/ˈpaɪriːn/

Specialized

: hueso

The pyrene is essential for identifying the type of drupe during fruit analysis.

Examples

Botanists often study the pyrene for its role in plant reproduction and seed dispersion.
Pyrene, pyrene.

Amelia (2009)
In a cherry, the pyrene is the hard stone that holds the seed inside.

Surface Forms

pyrene singular

pyrenes plural

Etymology

Pyrene for the hard seed inside a fruit comes from the Greek word pyrene meaning 'stone' or 'kernel', and it names the small 'stone' or pit that protects the seed inside cherries and similar fruits.