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perichete

perichete is the alternative form of perichaeth.

Meaning of perichaeth

Noun

perichaeth (plural perichaeths)

  1. The leafy involucre surrounding the archegonium (fruit stalk) of mosses

Forms of perichete

pluralperichetes

Questions about perichete

What is perichete the alternative form of?
Perichete is the alternative form of perichaeth.

Words near perichete in the dictionary

  1. perichaetium
  2. perichaetous
  3. perichelydian
  4. perichelydians
  5. Periches
  6. perichete
  7. perichetes
  8. pericholangitis
  9. pericholecystic
  10. pericholecystitic
  11. pericholecystitis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: perichete (page history and authors); perichaeth (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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