PYRENE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pyrene mean? 

• PYRENE (noun)
  The noun PYRENE has 2 senses:

1. a pale yellow crystalline hydrocarbon C16H10 extracted from coal tar

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

  Familiarity information: PYRENE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PYRENE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A pale yellow crystalline hydrocarbon C16H10 extracted from coal tar

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("pyrene" is a kind of...):

hydrocarbon (an organic compound containing only carbon and hydrogen)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("pyrene" is a kind of...):

nutlet (a small nut)

 Context examples 

Dibenzo[a,e]pyrene is a mutagen and is reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen.

(Dibenzo (a,l) pyrene, NCI Thesaurus)

Benzo(a)pyrene can cause a skin rash, a burning feeling, skin color changes, warts, and bronchitis.

(Benzo(a)pyrene, NCI Dictionary)

Dibenzo[a,e]pyrene is reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen.

(Dibenzo[a,e]pyrene, NCI Thesaurus)

Dibenzo[a,h]pyrene is reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen.

(Dibenzo[a,h]pyrene, NCI Thesaurus)

Dibenzo[a,i]pyrene is reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen.

(Dibenzo[a,i]pyrene, NCI Thesaurus)

Cyclopenta[c,d]pyrene is reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen.

(Cyclopenta[cd]pyrene, NCI Thesaurus)

A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon and metabolite of benzo(a)pyrene with potent cytotoxic and mutagenic properties.

(Benzo[a]pyrene trans-7,8-Dihydrodiol, NCI Thesaurus)

Indene[1,2,3-cd]pyrene is reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen.

(Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene, NCI Thesaurus)

Dibenzo[a,i]pyrene is primarily found in gasoline exhaust, tobacco smoke and coal tar.

(Dibenzo[a,i]pyrene, NCI Thesaurus)

Dibenzo[a,e]pyrene is primarily found in gasoline exhaust, tobacco smoke and fossil fuels.

(Dibenzo[a,e]pyrene, NCI Thesaurus)