Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In botany: The aperture through the outer integument of an ovule which, together with the endostome, completes the foramen.
- noun The outer peristome of mosses.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) The small aperture or foremen in the outer coat of the ovule of a plant.
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- noun botany The small
aperture orforamen in the outercoat of theovule of aplant .
Etymologies
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exo- + Ancient Greek mouth.
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