Meaning of perianth | Babel Free
Definitions
- The sterile parts of a flower; collectively, the sepals and petals (or tepals).
- The sterile, tubelike tissue that surrounds the female reproductive structure in a leafy liverwort.
Equivalents
Examples
“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.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.