What does perianth mean?
Perianth means (botany) The sterile parts of a flower; collectively, the sepals and petals (or tepals)..
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(botany) The sterile parts of a flower; collectively, the sepals and petals (or tepals)..
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.
Use perianth when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Perianth means (botany) The sterile parts of a flower; collectively, the sepals and petals (or tepals)..
Common synonyms include perigone, floral envelope.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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