In botany, describing a moss or similar plant with a single ring of teeth around the spore-releasing opening.
From Greek 'haplous' (single) + 'peristoma' (ring around the mouth). Used in bryology to describe specific structural features of moss capsules.
Moss lovers use this term to identify different species—counting the teeth-like structures around a spore's exit is like reading the moss's ID card!
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