Associations to the word «Perianth»

Wiktionary

PERIANTH, noun. (botany) The sterile parts of a flower; collectively, the sepals and petals (or tepals).
PERIANTH, noun. (botany) (bryology) The sterile, tubelike tissue that surrounds the female reproductive structure in a leafy liverwort.

Dictionary definition

PERIANTH, noun. Collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils.

Wise words

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