NOUN
- 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
How To Use pyrene In A Sentence
- Some Akbash and Great Pyrenees begin working at 6 months of age, whereas Komondors usually start later.
- However, because of its lower combustibility it contains 50% more carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons including naphthalene, benzanthracene, and benzopyrene, than tobacco smoke. Impact Lab
- The Spanish Pyrenees with their imposing peaks and delightful valleys are rich in traditional values and folklore.
- Edward I took his lions with him - during his progress through his Gascon domains in 1289 one of his lions killed a horse belonging to one Ernaud Purpoynter of Oloron-Ste-Marie in the Pyrenees, who was also duly compensated.
- By the beginning of the 12th century, the counts of Barcelona had large holdings north of the Pyrenees (notably in Provence), to which they added for a brief period Majorca and Iviza (111415) and, permanently, Tarragona. 3. Barcelona and Catalonia
- Lourdes, a small town in the Pyrenees in south-west France now attracts five million pilgrims every year from all over the world.
- The typical flora and Pyrenean fauna make for a special place: pine forests, heather moors and humid areas provide the ideal habitat for grouses, crossbills, izards and hares.
- The town, which was a famous spa with thermal springs, was on the Adour River, about 80 km north of the Pyrenees and the border with Spain.
- This appears to have given rise to both single-seeded drupes and multi-seeded pyrenes early in evolution, and to berries later in evolution.
- This year I threw time away in the Pyrenees when I bonked.