py·rene
ˈpīˌrēn
plural -s
: the stone of a drupelet (as in the fruit of the huckleberry)
broadly
: a small hard nutlet
py·rene
ˈpīˌrēn
plural -s
: a pale yellow crystalline hydrocarbon C16H10 that fluoresces blue in solution, that is obtained from coal-tar distillation, from petroleum cracking, and from stupp and is also made synthetically, and that consists structurally of a cluster of four compactly fused benzene rings
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“Pyrene.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pyrene. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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