Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In botany: The orifice at the apex of the inner coat of the ovule.
- noun The inner peristome of mosses. See cut under
exostome . - noun In zoology, same as
endostoma .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) The foramen or passage through the inner integument of an ovule.
- noun (Zoöl.) And endostoma.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun botany The
foramen orpassage through the innerintegument of anovule . - noun zoology An
endostoma .
Etymologies
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See endostoma.
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