PERISTOME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does peristome mean? 

• PERISTOME (noun)
  The noun PERISTOME has 2 senses:

1. (botany) fringe of toothlike appendages surrounding the mouth of a moss capsule

2. region around the mouth in various invertebrates

  Familiarity information: PERISTOME used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PERISTOME (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(botany) fringe of toothlike appendages surrounding the mouth of a moss capsule

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("peristome" is a kind of...):

enation; plant process (a natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ)

Domain category:

botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)

Holonyms ("peristome" is a part of...):

capsule (a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Region around the mouth in various invertebrates

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("peristome" is a kind of...):

anatomical structure; bodily structure; body structure; complex body part; structure (a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement)

Holonyms ("peristome" is a part of...):

invertebrate (any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification)