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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- pyrene
['paɪrɪn]
['paɪrɪːn]
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noun
[Chemistry]
芘,嵌二萘
Collins English-English Dictionary
- pyrene
['paɪriːn]
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a solid polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon extracted from coal tar. Formula: C16H10
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n
[Etymology]
C19: from pyro- + -ene
- pyrene
['paɪriːn]
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n
[Botany]
any of several small hard stones that occur in a single fruit and contain a single seed each
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n
[Etymology]
C19: from New Latin pyrena, from Greek puren
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