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Noun: pyriform lobe
  1. Pear-shaped neural structure on either side of the brain in the rhinencephalon
    - pyriform area, piriform area, piriform lobe

Derived forms: pyriform lobes

Type of: neural structure

Part of: olfactory brain, rhinencephalon

Encyclopedia: Pyriform lobe