Dictionary Entry
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
- 1noun
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.
- 2noun
The lip, or edge of the aperture, of a spiral shell.
- 3noun
The membrane surrounding the mouth of an invertebrate animal.
- 4noun
region around the mouth in various invertebrates
- 5noun
(botany) fringe of toothlike appendages surrounding the mouth of a moss capsule
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in peristome:
Words from these letters
If you are holding these tiles, the unscrambler for PERISTOME lists every valid word you can make from the same letters, including shorter plays.