Associations to the word «Pyrene»

Wiktionary

PYRENE, noun. (chemistry) A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon containing four fused benzene rings; first isolated from coal tar
PYRENE, noun. (botany) the stone of a drupe

Dictionary definition

PYRENE, noun. A pale yellow crystalline hydrocarbon C16H10 extracted from coal tar.
PYRENE, noun. The small hard nutlet of a drupe or drupelet; the seed and the hard endocarp that surrounds it.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats