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Perishing
- verb - pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"
- to rot
Perisperm
- noun - the nutritive tissue outside the sac containing the embryo in some seeds
Perispore
- - The outer covering of a spore.
Peristole
- - Peristaltic action, especially of the intestines.
Peristome
- noun - (botany) fringe of toothlike appendages surrounding the mouth of a moss capsule
- region around the mouth in various invertebrates
Peristyle
- noun - a colonnade surrounding a building or enclosing a court
Peritonea
- noun - a transparent membrane that lines the abdominal cavity in mammals and covers most of the viscera
Peritrate
- noun - a coronary vasodilator (trade name Peritrate) used to treat angina pectoris
Peritreme
- - That part of the integument of an insect which surrounds the spiracles. (b) The edge of the aperture of a univalve shell.