putamen

putamen
putaminous /pyooh tam"euh neuhs/, adj.
/pyooh tay"min/, n., pl. putamina /-tam"euh neuh/.
1. Bot. a hard or stony endocarp, as a peach stone.
2. a shell membrane.
[1820-30; < L putamen, equiv. to puta(re) to prune, clean + -men resultative suffix]

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