perianth
Meaning
- The sterile parts of a flower; collectively, the sepals and petals (or tepals).
- The sterile, tubelike tissue that surrounds the female reproductive structure in a leafy liverwort.
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Etymology
From French périanthe, from New Latin perianthium.
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