Pyrene : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Pyrene	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Pyrene
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pyrene n a pale yellow crystalline hydrocarbon C16H10 extracted from coal tar the small hard nutlet of a drupe or drupelet; the seed and the hard endocarp that surrounds it
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pyrene \Py"rene\, n. [Gr. [?] fire.] (Chem.) One of the less volatile hydrocarbons of coal tar, obtained as a white crystalline substance, {C16H10}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pyrene \Py"rene\, n. (Bot.) Same as {Pyrena}.