释义 |
gymnostomous, a. Bot.|dʒɪmˈnɒstəməs| [f. Gr. γυµνό-ς naked + στόµ-α mouth.] Naked-mouthed; applied to those mosses in which the mouth of the sporangium has no peristome.
1861Bentley Man. Bot. 377 When the mouth is naked, the Mosses in which such a sporangium is found are called gymnostomous or naked-mouthed. 1875Bennett & Dyer Sachs' Bot. 331 If the peristome is wanting, the theca is said to be gymnostomous. 1881Spruce in Jrnl. Bot. X. No. 217. 13 The capsule was gymnostomous. So gymnostomatous |-ˈstɒmətəs| a., in the same sense (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1886). |