putamina

Variant of putamen

putamen definition

pu·ta·men (pyo̵̅o̅ tā′mən)

noun pl. putamina -·tam′i·na (-tam′i nə)

the hard stone, or endocarp, of certain fruits, as of the peach and the plum, or the shell of a nut

Etymology: ModL < L, that which falls off in pruning, waste < putare, to prune, cleanse: see pure

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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