Meanings
plural perianths
- biologyThe sterile, tubelike tissue that surrounds the female reproductive structure in a leafy liverwort.
Archegonia are surrounded early in their development by the juvenile perianth, through the slender beak of which the elongated neck of the fertilized archegonium protrudes.
1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 5
Synonyms & antonyms
nouncollective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- New Latinperianthium
- Frenchpérianthe
- Englishperianth
From French périanthe, from New Latin perianthium.
More words from French, New Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian околоцветник
- околоцветник (okolocvetnik)sterile parts of a flower
Catalan periant
- periantsterile parts of a flower
Finnish kehä
- kehästerile parts of a flower
French périanthe
- périanthesterile parts of a flower
Greek περιάνθιο
- περιάνθιο (periánthio)sterile parts of a flower
Hungarian virágtakaró
- virágtakarósterile parts of a flower
Italian perigonio
- perigoniosterile parts of a flower
Japanese 花被
- 花被 (kahi)sterile parts of a flower
Polish okwiat
- okwiatsterile parts of a flower
Portuguese perianto
- periantosterile parts of a flower
Romanian periant
- periantsterile parts of a flower
Russian околоцве́тник
- околоцве́тник (okolocvétnik)sterile parts of a flower
Spanish periantio, perianto
- periantiosterile parts of a flower
- periantosterile parts of a flower
Tagalog talampok
- talampoksterile parts of a flower
Ukrainian оцві́тина
- оцві́тина (ocvítyna)sterile parts of a flower
Vietnamese bao hoa
- bao hoasterile parts of a flower
Welsh perianth, blodeulen
- perianthsterile parts of a flower
- blodeulensterile parts of a flower
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Cite this entry
perianth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perianth
“perianth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perianth. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “perianth,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perianth.
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