perianth

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From peri- +‎ -anth, thus "around the flower." < French périanthe < New Latin perianthium

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perianth (plural perianths)

1. The sterile parts of a flower; collectively, the sepals and petals (or tepals).
2. The sterile, tubelike tissue that surrounds the female reproductive structure in a leafy liverwort.

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