Definitions for putamen

putamen pu·ta·men

Spelling: [pyoo-tey-min]
IPA: /pyuˈteɪ mɪn/

Putamen is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 198 anagrams from letters in putamen (aemnptu).

Definitions for putamen

noun

  1. Botany. a hard or stony endocarp, as a peach stone.
  2. a shell membrane.

Origin of putamen

1820-30; Latin putāmen, equivalent to putā(re) to prune, clean + -men resultative suffix

Examples for putamen

The endocarp is usually hard, forming the stone (putamen) of the fruit, which encloses the kernel or seed.

Word Value for putamen
Scrable

11

Words with friends

15

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