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10 Language-to-English DictionariesPeridium
/pəˈrɪd.i.əm/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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The outer protective layer of the fruiting body in certain fungi, such as puffballs and truffles, that encloses the gleba.
"The mature puffball ruptured its peridium to release a cloud of microscopic spores into the wind."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Neo-Latin word peridium, which originates from the Greek 'pēridion', meaning a small leather pouch or skin, diminutive of 'pēra' (wallet or pouch). Adopted into English botanical and mycological terminology in the 19th century to describe the outer protective layer of fungal fruiting bodies.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Peridium" is said worldwide
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péridium
Transliteration: pe-ri-dyom
"Le péridium protège les spores du champignon jusqu'à maturité."
Peridie
Transliteration: pe-ri-dee-e
"Die Peridie umschließt das innere Sporengewebe des Pilzes."
peridio
Transliteration: pe-ri-dio
"Il peridio del tartufo è scuro e rugoso."
peridio
Transliteration: pe-ri-dio
"El peridio protege la gleba en los hongos gasteromycetes."
perídio
Transliteration: pe-ri-di-u
"O perídio envolve a massa esporífera do fungo."
पेरीडियम
Transliteration: peridiyam
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"कवक के फलन निकाय की बाहरी सुरक्षात्मक परत को पेरीडियम कहा जाता है।"
包被
Transliteration: bāobèi
Script: 中文汉字
"真菌的包被保护着内部的孢子。"
피리디움
Transliteration: piridium
Script: 한국어 한글
"버섯의 자실체는 단단한 피리디움으로 둘러싸여 있습니다."
被覆層
Transliteration: hifukusou
Script: 日本語
"キノコの被覆層は胞子を保護する役割を持っています。"
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