English-Thai Dictionary
peristome
N ขอบ ปาก ฟันบน รอบ ปาก ถุง หุ้ม ของ พืช จำพวก มอ ส
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
PERISTOME
Per "i *stome, n. Etym: [Pref. peri- + Gr.
1. (Bot. )
Defn: 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.
2. (Zoöl.) (a ) The lip, or edge of the aperture, of a spiral shell. (b ) The membrane surrounding the mouth of an invertebrate animal.
New American Oxford Dictionary
peristome
per i stome |ˈperəˌstōm ˈpɛrəstoʊm | ▶noun Zoology the parts surrounding the mouth of various invertebrates. • Botany a fringe of small projections around the mouth of a capsule in mosses and certain fungi. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from modern Latin peristoma, from Greek peri- ‘around ’ + stoma ‘mouth. ’
Oxford Dictionary
peristome
peristome |ˈpɛrɪstəʊm | ▶noun 1 Zoology the parts surrounding the mouth of various invertebrates. 2 Botany a fringe of small projections around the mouth of a capsule in mosses and certain fungi. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from modern Latin peristoma, from Greek peri- ‘around ’ + stoma ‘mouth ’.
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