peristome

peristome is a 9-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The fringe of teeth around the orifice of the capsule of mosses. It consists of 4, 8, 16, 32, or 64 teeth, and may be either single or double. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 15 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The fringe of teeth around the orifice of the capsule of mosses. It consists of 4, 8, 16, 32, or 64 teeth, and may be either single or double.
2. noun. The lip, or edge of the aperture, of a spiral shell.
3. noun. The membrane surrounding the mouth of an invertebrate animal.
4. noun. region around the mouth in various invertebrates
5. noun. (botany) fringe of toothlike appendages surrounding the mouth of a moss capsule

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in peristome:

temporise

Common word forms

peristomes

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