Putamen

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Putamen \Pu*ta"men\, n. [L.] (Bot.)
     The shell of a nut; the stone of a drupe fruit. See
     {Endocarp}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  putamen
       n : the outer reddish part of the lenticular nucleus
       [also: {putamina} (pl)]