What does pyrene mean in crosswords?

pyrene means: the small hard nutlet of a drupe or drupelet; the seed and the hard endocarp that surrounds it

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pyrene

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6 lettersPronunciation /paɪˈɹiːni/Part of speech nounSorted eenpryStarts with PEnds with E0 clues

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the small hard nutlet of a drupe or drupelet; the seed and the hard endocarp that surrounds it

From pyr- + -ene.

“The Pyrene (Πυρήνη) or Pyrenaei Montes were the boundary between Gallia and Iberia […]”
“Again it is from the Pyrene, which is a mountain towards the equinoctial setting (i.e. due west) in Celtica, that both the Istrus and the Tartessus flow; […]”

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