-pyrenouscomb. form

Primary stress is attracted to the second syllable of this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. polypyrenous adj.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek -πύρηνος , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < ancient Greek -πύρηνος, combining form (in e.g. ἀπύρηνος without stone or kernel) of πυρήν fruit stone (see pyrene n.¹) + -ous suffix. Compare pyrenous adj.First attested in English in the early 18th cent. (compare monopyrenous adj., a native formation, and polypyrenous adj., an adaptation of a Greek word). Originally combined with first elements ultimately of Greek origin, in later use also with numerals (compare quots. 1890, 1924).

Botany.

Forming adjectives designating fruit which has pyrenes of the number expressed by the first element.

ΚΠ

1890 Cent. Dict. Pyrenous, in bot., containing pyrenes: used only in composition with a numeral: as 2-pyrenous, 5-pyrenous, etc.

1924 L. H. Bailey Man. Cultivated Plants 711 A hard or fleshy 2-pyrenous berry.

1991 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 78 1618/2 Fruits of Crataegeae should be called polypyrenous or pyrenous pomes.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	-pyrenous
释义	-pyrenouscomb. form Primary stress is attracted to the second syllable of this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. polypyrenous adj. Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek -πύρηνος , -ous suffix. Etymology: < ancient Greek -πύρηνος, combining form (in e.g. ἀπύρηνος without stone or kernel) of πυρήν fruit stone (see pyrene n.¹) + -ous suffix. Compare pyrenous adj.First attested in English in the early 18th cent. (compare monopyrenous adj., a native formation, and polypyrenous adj., an adaptation of a Greek word). Originally combined with first elements ultimately of Greek origin, in later use also with numerals (compare quots. 1890, 1924). Botany. Forming adjectives designating fruit which has pyrenes of the number expressed by the first element. ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. Pyrenous, in bot., containing pyrenes: used only in composition with a numeral: as 2-pyrenous, 5-pyrenous, etc. 1924 L. H. Bailey Man. Cultivated Plants 711 A hard or fleshy 2-pyrenous berry. 1991 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 78 1618/2 Fruits of Crataegeae should be called polypyrenous or pyrenous pomes. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < comb. form1890
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