perianth

American  

[per-ee-anth] / ˈpɛr iˌænθ /

noun

Botany.

1. the envelope of a flower, whether calyx or corolla or both.

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perianth British  

/ ˈpɛrɪˌænθ /

noun

1. the outer part of a flower, consisting of the calyx and corolla

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perianth Scientific  

/ pĕr′ē-ănth′ /

1. The sepals and petals of a flower considered together.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• perianthial
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of perianth

1700–10; earlier perianthium < New Latin. See peri-, anth-, -ium

Example Sentences

Perianth narrowly bell-shaped, the 6 sepals lanceolate or linear, deciduous.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Perianth cylindrical, not woolly, but wrinkled and roughened outside by thickly-set points which look like scurfy mealiness, the tube cohering below with the base only of the ovary, 6-cleft at the summit.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Perianth funnel-form, lily-like; the short tube enclosing the ovary, the spreading limb 6-parted; the 6 stamens inserted on its throat.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Perianth spreading, the segments similar and nearly equal.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Perianth funnel-form, from a tubular base; the 6 divisions petal-like and similar, spreading above; the 6 stamens inserted in its naked throat; anthers versatile.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa