Hypertext Webster Gateway: "perianth"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Perianth \Per"i*anth\, n. [Pref. peri- + Gr. ? flower: cf. F.
p['e]rianthe.] (Bot.)
(a) The leaves of a flower generally, especially when the
calyx and corolla are not readily distinguished.
(b) A saclike involucre which incloses the young fruit in
most hepatic mosses. See Illust. of {Hepatica}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
perianth
n : collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting
of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamen and
carpel [syn: {floral envelope}]
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