Perianth

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The outer envelope of a flower, consisting of either the calyx or the corolla, or both.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The sterile parts of a flower; collectively, the sepals and petals (or tepals).
  • n. The sterile, tubelike tissue that surrounds the female reproductive structure in a leafy liverwort.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The leaves of a flower generally, especially when the calyx and corolla are not readily distinguished.
  • n. A saclike involucre which incloses the young fruit in most hepatic mosses. See Illust. of hepatica.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In botany, the floral envelops, whether calyx or corolla or both.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cover    covering    natural covering    plant organ   
    Cross Reference
    biaerial perianth   
    Variant
    hepatica   
    Hyponym
    falls   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    perigone   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    anthers    rudiment    inchworm    ridgepole    stamen   
     
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