Look up: perianth

1. perianth
   The sepals and petals of a flower are together called the perianth; literally 'around the anthers'. More info?
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2. perianth
   [n] - collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamen and carpel
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3. perianth
   in Angiospermae,the floral envelope generally differentiated into a calyx,an outer ring or layer of sepals,and a corolla,an inner ring or layer of petals Category: Botany and zoology
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4. Perianth
   Per'i·anth noun [ Prefix peri- + Greek ... flower: confer French périanthe .] (Botany) (a) The leaves of a flower generally, especially when the calyx and corolla are not readily distinguished. (b) A saclike involu...
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5. perianth
   <plant biology> The calyx and corolla of a flower, especially where the two are similar. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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6. perianth
   chlamys noun collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils
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7. Perianth
   • (n.) The leaves of a flower generally, especially when the calyx and corolla are not readily distinguished. • (n.) A saclike involucre which incloses the young fruit in most hepatic mosses. See Illust. of Hepatica.
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8. perianth
   (from the article `bryophyte`) In many leafy liverworts the archegonia are often enclosed by a protective sleeve, the perianth, and have mucilage hairs among them with a function ...
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9. perianth
   (from the article `angiosperm`) ...calyx. Petals are the next layer of floral appendages internal to the calyx; they are generally brightly coloured and collectively are called the ... The flower of the Magnoliales typifies one of the early lines of floral evolution. The early flowers consisted of an axis with many floral parts ... T...
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10. perianth
    perianth The outer envelope of a flower, consisting of either the calyx (sepals of one flower collectively) or the corolla (petals of a flower collectively), or both.
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11. Perianth
    The term perianth has two similar but separate meanings in botany: ...
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12. perianth
    In angiosperms (flowering plants), the petals and sepals taken together. The term comes from the Greek peri for 'around' and anthos for 'flower'.
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13. Perianth
    In botany, the perianth is the outer floral envelope - calyx and corolla - which surrounds and to some extent protects the essential organs of generation in a flower. As a rule it consists of an outer layer of greenish parts called sepals, and an inner layer of brightly coloured parts called petals;...
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14. perianth
    In botany, a collective term for the outer whorls of the flower, which protect the reproductive parts during development. In most dicotyledons the perianth is composed of two distinct whorls, the calyx of sepals and the corolla of petals, whereas in many monocotyledons the sepals and petals are indi...
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15. Perianth
    a collective term for the calyx and corolla
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16. perianth
    the collective terms for the calyx and corolla of a flower (generally used when the two are similar).
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of