pyriform area

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1. pear-shaped neural structure on either side of the brain in the rhinencephalon (noun.body)

hypernym	:	neural structure,
definition	:	a structure that is part of the nervous system (noun.body)

part meronym	:	olfactory brain, rhinencephalon,
definition	:	a center in the cerebral hemispheres that governs the sense of smell in lower animals; in humans it seems to mediate complex emotional behavior (noun.body)