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单词 polypyrenous
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polypyrenousadj.

Brit. /ˌpɒlɪpʌɪˈriːnəs/, U.S. /ˈˌpɑliˌpaɪˈrinəs/
Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek πολυπύρηνος , -ous suffix.
Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek πολυπύρηνος (see polypyrene adj.) + -ous suffix. Compare slightly earlier polypyrene adj.
Botany.
Of a fruit: containing two or more seeds.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > fruit or reproductive product > [adjective] > having or not having a stone
stoned1513
stony1585
polypyrene1693
polypyrenous1706
kernelled1719
stoneless1815
drupaceous1822
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Polypyrenous Fruit,..such Fruit of Trees, Herbs, etc. as contain two or more Kernels or Seeds within it.
1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 1002/1 Polypyrenus, having many stones: polypyrenous.
1991 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 78 1618/2 Fruits of Crataegeae should be called polypyrenous or pyrenous pomes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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