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Liable to perish; subject to decay, destruction, or death; as, perishable goods; our perishable bodies.

The quality or state of being perishable; liability to decay or destruction. Locke.

In a perishable degree or manner.

The act of perishing. [R.] Udall.

Same as Perisome.

The entire covering of an invertebrate animal, as echinoderm or coelenterate; the integument.

The albumen of a seed, especially that portion which is formed outside of the embryo sac. -- Per`i*sper"mic, a.

Exactly spherical; globular.

A word which has the circumflex accent on the last syllable. Goodwin.

The outer covering of a spore.

Odd; not even; -- said of elementary substances and of radicals whose valence is not divisible by two without a remainder. Contrasted with artiad.

To perish. [Obs.] Chaucer.

One of the Perissodactyla.

A division of ungulate mammals, including those that have an odd number of toes, as the horse, tapir, and rhinoceros; -- opposed to Artiodactyla.

Redundant or excessive in words. [R.]

Superfluity of words. [R.] G. Campbell.

Peristaltic contraction or action.

contraction of the muscular fibers of their walls, forcing their contents onwards; as, peristaltic movement. -- Per`i*stal"tic*al*ly, adv.

A genus of orchidaceous plants. See Dove plant.

The herb vervain (Verbena officinalis).