Words that rhyme with perisperm
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affirm
v 1: establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant" [syn: confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm] [ant: contradict, negate] 2: to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent" [syn: affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear] 3: say yes to -
angiosperm
n 1: plants having seeds in a closed ovary [syn: angiosperm, flowering plant] -
confirm
v 1: establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant" [syn: confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm] [ant: contradict, negate] 2: strengthen or make more firm; "The witnesses confirmed the victim's account" [syn: confirm, reassert] 3: make more firm; "Confirm thy soul in self-control!" 4: support a person for a position; "The Senate confirmed the President's candidate for Secretary of Defense" 5: administer the rite of confirmation to; "the children were confirmed in their mother's faith" -
endosperm
n 1: nutritive tissue surrounding the embryo within seeds of flowering plants -
gymnosperm
n 1: plants of the class Gymnospermae having seeds not enclosed in an ovary -
berm
n 1: a narrow ledge or shelf typically at the top or bottom of a slope 2: a narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road; "the car pulled off onto the shoulder" [syn: shoulder, berm] -
oosperm
See also perisperm definition
