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pyran definition

py·ran (pī′ran′, pī ran′)

noun

any of a group of closed-chain compounds containing a ring, CHO, of one oxygen atom and five carbon atoms

Etymology: pyr(one) + -an

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