gymnostomousadj.
/dʒɪmˈnɒstəməs/ Botany.
Naked-mouthed; applied to those mosses in which the mouth of the sporangium has no peristome.
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sphagnous1828
splachnoid1833
acrocarpous1842
hypnoid1852
lycopodiaceous1852
astomous1857
pleurocarpous1858
gymnostomous1861
sphagneous1861
syncladous1863
systylous1863
stegocarpous1884
systylious1887
trioperculate1900
megasporangiate1901
1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. i. v. 377 When the mouth is naked, the Mosses in which such a sporangium is found are called gymnostomous or naked-mouthed.
1875 A. W. Bennett & W. T. T. Dyer tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. 331 If the peristome is wanting, the theca is said to be gymnostomous.
1881 Spruce in Jrnl. Bot., Brit. & Foreign 19 13 The capsule was gymnostomous.
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gymnostomatous adj. /dʒɪmnə(ʊ)ˈstɒmətəs/ in the same sense ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon 1886).
/dʒɪmnə(ʊ)ˈstɒmətəs/ in the same sense ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon 1886).This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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