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Definition of: putamen
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·tā′min) noun plural ·tam·i·na (-tam′·ə·nə) Bot.
The hard bony stone of certain fruits, as the cherry. [<L, waste, a husk <putare cleanse, prune]
—pu·tam′i·nous adjective
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