different between pyrene vs pyree

English

Etymology 1

From pyr- +? -ene.

Noun

pyrene (plural pyrenes)

1. (chemistry) A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon containing four fused benzene rings; first isolated from coal tar

Derived terms

• polypyrene
• pyrenic
• circumpyrene
• pyrenoid

Translations

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek ????? (pur?n, “fruit stone”).

Noun

pyrene (plural pyrenes)

1. (botany) the stone of a drupe

Anagrams

• repyne

English

Etymology

From Late Latin pyreum, from Ancient Greek ??????? (pureîon).

Noun

pyree (plural pyrees)

1. (obsolete, rare) An ancient Persian temple devoted to fire.
   • 1638, Thomas Herbert, 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, Peyer, peery

Finnish

Alternative forms

• purée, pyre

Etymology

From French purée.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pyre?/, [?pyre??]
• Rhymes: -yre?
• Syllabification: py?ree

Noun

pyree

1. puree

Declension

Anagrams

• rypee