exoperidium

noun

exo·​peridium

¦ek(ˌ)sō+

: the outer peridium when the peridium has two layers (as in the puffballs) compare endoperidium

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from exo- + peridium

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Rhymes for exoperidium

• clostridium
• cranidium
• cymbidium
• iridium
• peridium
• presidium
• pygidium
• rubidium
• cryptosporidium
• idiom