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noun
The shell of a nut; the stone of a drupe fruit; endocarp.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
A round structure located at the base of the forebrain, regulating movement and learning.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, neuroanatomy, neurology, neuroscience, sciences
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noun
the outer reddish part of the lenticular nucleus
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: basal ganglion
History
Etymology tree Latin putus Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin putō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Italic *-mn̥ Latin -men Latin putāmenbor. English putamen Borrowed from Latin putāmen (“husk, shell”).
