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perianth

perianth noun: the sterile parts of a flower; collectively, the sepals and petals (or tepals).

perianth: the sterile parts of a flower; collectively, the sepals and petals (or tepals)
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Noun

perianth (plural perianths)

  1. The sterile parts of a flower; collectively, the sepals and petals (or tepals).
  2. The sterile, tubelike tissue that surrounds the female reproductive structure in a leafy liverwort.
    • 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.1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 5

perianth meaning in Tamil, Tagalog and Vietnamese

perianth in Tamil

இதழ் வட்டம், பூவிதழகம், பூவிதழ், பூவுறை

perianth in Tagalog

sterile parts of a flower
talampok

perianth in Vietnamese

sterile parts of a flower
bao hoa

Synonyms of perianth

Forms of perianth

pluralperianths

Origin of perianth

From French périanthe, from New Latin perianthium.

Words formed from perianth

Questions about perianth

What does perianth mean?
Perianth means the sterile parts of a flower; collectively, the sepals and petals (or tepals).
What is perianth in Tamil?
Perianth in Tamil is இதழ் வட்டம், பூவிதழகம், பூவிதழ். See Perianth meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is perianth?
Perianth is a noun.
What is the plural of perianth?
The plural of perianth is perianths.

Words near perianth in the dictionary

  1. perianastomotic
  2. perianeurysmal
  3. periannular
  4. periannulus
  5. periantarctic
  6. perianth
  7. perianthal
  8. perianthia
  9. perianthial
  10. perianthium
  11. perianthless

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Adapted from Wiktionary: perianth (page history and authors); perianth (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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