peridium

1. 1.

   outer layer of the spore-bearing organ in many fungi

   Broadercovering

Other forms of peridium

plural

peridia

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about peridium

What does peridium mean?

peridium means "outer layer of the spore-bearing organ in many fungi".

How many syllables are in peridium?

peridium has 4 syllables: pe-ri-di-um. The stress falls on "ri".

Is peridium a common word?

peridium is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.