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Definition of putamina - 2 dictionary results
pu⋅ta⋅men
[pyoo-tey-min] 
–noun, plural -tam⋅i⋅na [-tam-uh-nuh] .
[-tam-uh-nuh] . | 1. | Botany. a hard or stony endocarp, as a peach stone. |
| 2. | a shell membrane. |
Origin:
1820–30; < L putāmen, equiv. to putā(re) to prune, clean + -men resultative suffix
1820–30; < L putāmen, equiv. to putā(re) to prune, clean + -men resultative suffix
Related forms:
pu⋅tam⋅i⋅nous [pyoo-tam-uh-nuhs] , adjective
[pyoo-tam-uh-nuhs] , adjective
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| pu·ta·men (pyōō-tā'mən) n. pl. pu·tam·i·na (-tām'ə-nə) A hard, shell-like covering, such as that enclosing the kernel of a peach. [Latin putāmen, that which falls off in pruning, shell, husk, from putāre, to prune; see pau-2 in Indo-European roots.] pu·tam'i·nous (-tām'ə-nəs) adj. |
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