peristome
/ˈperɪstəʊm/noun
1- Zoology the parts surrounding the mouth of various invertebrates【动】(无脊椎动物的)口围, 围口部, 口缘。
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- 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。
词源
late 18th cent.: from modern Latin peristoma, from Greek peri- 'around' + stoma 'mouth'.