Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

perianth

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.09 in modern English

Syllables: pe-ri-anth
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The sterile parts of a flower; collectively, the sepals and petals (or tepals).

noun

The sterile, tubelike tissue that surrounds the female reproductive structure in a leafy liverwort.

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From French périanthe, from New Latin perianthium.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: périanthe, perianthium

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.

Inflected Forms

perianths (plural)

Derived Forms

perianthal perianthless pseudoperianth

Synonyms

perigone chlamys floral envelope perigonium

Questions

What does perianth mean?: The sterile parts of a flower; collectively, the sepals and petals (or tepals).
Where does perianth come from?: It is traced to French.

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