| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | pu·ta·men |
| PRONUNCIATION: | py -t m n |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. pu·tam·i·na (-t m -n ) A hard, shell-like covering, such as that enclosing the kernel of a peach. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin put men, that which falls off in pruning, shell, husk, from put re, to prune. See pau-2 in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | pu·tam i·nous (-t m -n s) ADJECTIVE
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