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PERIDIUM (peridia)
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Irregular inflected form: peridia
Dictionary entry overview: What does peridium mean?
• PERIDIUM (noun)
The noun PERIDIUM has 1 sense:
1. outer layer of the spore-bearing organ in many fungi
Familiarity information: PERIDIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Outer layer of the spore-bearing organ in many fungi
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("peridium" is a kind of...):
cover; covering; natural covering (a natural object that covers or envelops)
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