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Pyrene vs Pyree - What's the difference?

pyrene | pyree |

As nouns the difference between pyrene and pyree

is that pyrene is seed (of a fleshy fruit) while pyree is (obsolete|rare) a temple devoted to fire among the ancient persians.

pyrene

English

(wikipedia pyrene)

Etymology 1

From .

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chemistry) A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon containing four fused benzene rings; first isolated from coal tar
    • Derived terms
    * polypyrene * pyrenic

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (botany) the stone of a drupe

    • pyree

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete, rare) A temple devoted to fire among the ancient Persians.
  • *1638 , , Some Yeares Travels , II:
  • *:But more usefull to our intellect, is the long time famous'd Mountaine Albors , neere this place; infamous in the Pyreë or Temple of Idolatrous Fyre, which has never gone out for fifty Ages.
  • *1841 , The Existence of Christ Disproved , London 1841, p. 63:
  • *:The fire Ether, which they supposed to circulate throughout the universe, was represented in their pyrees , or fire temples, by the sacred fire kept continually alive by the Magi, or priests [...].
  • *1892 , Notes and Queries , vol. LXXXVI:
  • *:In Persia the temples of fire are called Pyrees ; the most celebrated is that of Baalbec, the city of the sun.

    • Anagrams

    * peery ----