English

Noun

perianth ‎(plural perianths)

1. (botany) The sterile parts of a flower; collectively, the sepals and petals (or tepals).
2. (botany, bryology) The sterile, tubelike tissue that surrounds the female reproductive structure in a leafy liverwort.
   • 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page 5

     Archegonia are surrounded early in their development by the juvenile perianth, through the slender beak of which the elongated neck of the fertilized archegonium protrudes.

Synonyms

• perigone

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Anagrams

• Perthian