putamen

pŭtāmen, ĭnis, n. [puto],

that which falls off in pruning or trimming , clippings , waste; shells , peels , etc.: putamina non solum arborum sunt, verum omnium rerum purgamenta. Nam quicquid ex quācumque re proicitur, putamen appellatur. Plautus in Captivis (3, 4, 122): nucleum amisi, reliquit pigneri putamina, shells , peels , husk , Non. 157, 28 sq.; so, of the shells of nuts, Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 58; Varr. R. R. 1, 7: mali Punici, Plin. 22, 25, 70, § 143: fabae, ervi, pods, shells , id. 17, 24, 37, § 240: ovi, cochleae, id. 30, 7, 19, § 55: testudinum, id. 9, 11, 13, § 39.