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Melastoma
Melastoma Me*las"to*ma, n. [NL., fr. Gr. me`las black + ? mouth.] (Bot.) A genus of evergreen tropical shrubs; -- so called from the black berries of some species, which stain the mouth.
Melastomaceous
Melastomaceous Mel`a*sto*ma"ceous, a. (Bot.) Belonging to the order of which Melastoma is the type.
Metastoma
Metastoma Me*tas"to*ma, Metastome Met"a*stome, n. [NL. metastoma, from Gr. meta` behind + sto`ma mouth.] (Zo["o]l.) A median elevation behind the mouth in the arthropods.
Pantastomata
Pantastomata Pan`ta*stom"a*ta, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, ?, all + ?, ?, mouth.] (Zo["o]l.) One of the divisions of Flagellata, including the monads and allied forms.
Rhombus megastoma
Marysole Ma"ry*sole, n. [Mary, the proper name + sole the fish.] (Zo["o]l.) A large British fluke, or flounder (Rhombus megastoma); -- called also carter, and whiff.

Meaning of Astoma from wikipedia

- with 2 species. It is endemic to Southwest Asia. Roots and bulbs of the Astoma seselifolia are often collected and then roasted and eaten. Astomaea galiocarpa...
- is to roast them in hot-ashes over the ṭābūn baking oven. Astoma seselifolium Common astoma (Arabic: balbeson; balbelūs) Common in the Judaean Mountains...
- bears an edible round bulb and blossoms with white flowers in April is Astoma seselifolium [Ḳrispil, Nissim (1983), s.v. אסתום‎, pp. 84–87]. Jerusalem...
- angustifolia (Herzog) Cano Syntrichia antarctica (Hampe) R.H. Zander Syntrichia astoma (Schiffner) Podp. Syntrichia austro-africana (W.A. Kramer) R.H. Zander Syntrichia...
- synonym of Vallonia parvula Sterki, 1893 (junior subjective synonym) Vallonia astoma O. Boettger, 1909: synonym of Gittenbergia sororcula (Benoit, 1859) (junior...
- D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z †Fanthalamia †Fanthalamia astoma †Favreticeras †Favreticeras ransomei – type locality for species †Favreticeras...