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English noun: peristome

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


Broader (hypernym)enation, plant process


Part meronymcapsule


Domain categorybotany, phytology

2. peristome (animal) region around the mouth in various invertebrates


Broader (hypernym)anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure


Part meronyminvertebrate









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