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A daughter of King Bebryx who was loved or violated by Heracles; after fleeing into the wilderness and dying, she was buried by him, and the Pyrenees were said to be named after her.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Greek, Roman
Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
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name
The Pyrenees.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon containing four fused benzene rings; first isolated from coal tar
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
Alternative form of pyrena.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
the small hard nutlet of a drupe or drupelet; the seed and the hard endocarp that surrounds it
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: nutlet
noun
a pale yellow crystalline hydrocarbon C16H10 extracted from coal tar
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: hydrocarbon
History
Borrowed from Latin Pȳrēnē, from Ancient Greek Πυρήνη (Purḗnē).
From pyr- + -ene.
From Ancient Greek πῡρήν (pūrḗn, “fruit-stone”).
Across languages
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