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perianth

The English word “perianth” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  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.

Etymology

From French périanthe, from New Latin perianthium.

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