Perianth

Origin

From - + -anth, thus "around the flower.", from French périanthe, from New Latin perianthium.

Full definition of perianth

Noun

1. (botany) The sterile parts of a flower; collectively, the sepals and petals (or tepals).
2. (botany, bryology) The sterile, tubelike tissue that surrounds the female reproductive structure in a leafy liverwort.
• Schuster Hepaticae V|5Archegonia are surrounded early in their development by the juvenile perianth, through the slender beak of which the elongated neck of the fertilized archegonium protrudes.

Synonyms

• perigone

Anagrams

• Perthian