peristome
peristome
[ˈpɛrɪstəʊm]
noun
[ˈpɛrɪstəʊm]
noun
- (Zoology)the parts surrounding the mouth of various invertebrates
(动)（无脊椎动物的）口围，围口部，口缘
■(Botany)a fringe of small projections around the mouth of a capsule in mosses and certain fungi
(植)（藓类的）蒴齿（层),（某些真菌的）子实竭
- late 18th cent.: from modern Latin peristoma, from Greek peri- 'around' + stoma 'mouth'
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