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gymnostomous

gymnostomous adjective: lacking a peristome.

Adjective

gymnostomous (not comparable)

  1. Lacking a peristome.

Origin of gymnostomous

From gymnostom + -ous.

Questions about gymnostomous

What does gymnostomous mean?
Gymnostomous means lacking a peristome.
What part of speech is gymnostomous?
Gymnostomous is an adjective.

Words near gymnostomous in the dictionary

  1. gymnospermy
  2. gymnospore
  3. gymnospores
  4. gymnosporous
  5. gymnostom
  6. gymnostomous
  7. gymnostoms
  8. gymnote
  9. gymnotes
  10. gymnotic
  11. gymnotid

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