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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. In botany: The aperture through the outer integument of an ovule which, together with the endostome, completes the foramen.
  2. n. The outer peristome of mosses.

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  1. n. botany The small aperture or foramen in the outer coat of the ovule of a plant.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. (Bot.) The small aperture or foremen in the outer coat of the ovule of a plant.

Etymologies

  1. exo- + Ancient Greek mouth. (Wiktionary)

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