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putamen
 
SYLLABICATION:pu·ta·men
PRONUNCIATION:  py-tmn
NOUN:Inflected forms: pl. pu·tam·i·na (-tm-n)
A hard, shell-like covering, such as that enclosing the kernel of a peach.
ETYMOLOGY:Latin putmen, that which falls off in pruning, shell, husk, from putre, to prune. See pau-2 in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:pu·tami·nous (-tm-ns) —ADJECTIVE
 
 
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