PERISTOME

Peristome

Peristome is an anatomical feature that surrounds an opening to an organ or structure. Some plants, fungi, and shelled gastropods have peristomes.

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peristome

Noun

  1. One or two rings of tooth-like appendages surrounding the opening of the capsule of many mosses.
  2. The parts of or surrounding the mouths of numerous invertebrates.
  3. The lip, or edge of the aperture, of a spiral shell.


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