Peristome is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for PERISTOME in dictionary:

NOUN:
• the area, or a structure, surrounding a mouth
• the parts surrounding the mouth of various invertebrates.
• a fringe of small projections around the mouth of a capsule in mosses and certain fungi.
• fringe of pointed teeth surrounding the opening of a moss capsule
• The fringe of teeth around the orifice of the capsule of mosses. It consists of 4, 8, 16, 32, or 64 teeth, and may be either single or double.
• The lip, or edge of the aperture, of a spiral shell.
• The membrane surrounding the mouth of an invertebrate animal.
• (botany) fringe of toothlike appendages surrounding the mouth of a moss capsule
• region around the mouth in various invertebrates
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• the fringe of teeth surrounding the orifice of a moss capsule

Words related to PERISTOME

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Words that contain PERISTOME

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How to use PERISTOME in a sentence

• Its removal does not, however, leave the mouth of the capsule wide open, for around the margin are two circles of pointed teeth forming the peristome.
• The capsule, the wall of which bears rudimentary stomata, has a small operculum but no peristome.
• Behind the white thickened peristome, intemaily is a dark brown band, which is seen through the shell as a dark blackish green stripe.

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