"peristome" meaning in English

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          "text": "Its removal does not, however, leave the mouth of the capsule wide open, for around the margin are two circles of pointed teeth forming the peristome.",
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        "One or two rings of tooth-like appendages surrounding the opening of the capsule of many mosses."
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        "(botany) One or two rings of tooth-like appendages surrounding the opening of the capsule of many mosses."
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          "text": "We can distinguish therefore in the body of a polyp the column, circular or oval in section, forming the trunk, resting on a base or foot and surmounted by the crown of tentacles, which enclose an area termed the peristome, in the centre of which again is the mouth. […] The mouth may be level with the surface of the peristome, or may be projecting and trumpet-shaped.",
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        "(zoology) The parts of or surrounding the mouths of numerous invertebrates."
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