Perianth

Word PERIANTH
Character 8
Hyphenation per i anth
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Perianth"

What do we mean by perianth?

The part of a flower outside the reproductive structures, usually consisting of the calyx and the corolla. noun

In botany, the floral envelops, whether calyx or corolla or both. noun

The leaves of a flower generally, especially when the calyx and corolla are not readily distinguished. noun

A saclike involucre which incloses the young fruit in most hepatic mosses. See Illust. of hepatica. 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. noun

Collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils noun

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.

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The word "perianth" in example sentences

In the female flower the perianth is the same as in the former, the stamens sterile. ❋ Jerome Beers Thomas (1891)

Applied to a perianth, which is tough, thin, and femi-tranfparent; as in Statice Armaria, or Thrift, Centaurea glaf - ❋ Unknown (1793)

Many of the recorded instances of so-called metamorphosis of the parts of the flower to sepals have occurred in monocotyledonous plants, or others in which the calyx and corolla are of the same colour, and constitute what is frequently termed the perianth; and as this is usually brightly coloured (not green) it is more convenient to group the metamorphoses in question under the general term Petalody, which thus includes all those cases in which the organs of the flower appear in the form of coloured petal-like organs, whether they be true petals or segments of a coloured perianth. ❋ Maxwell T. Masters (N/A)

B, The "perianth" with the small perichaetial leaves below it. ❋ Various (N/A)

To these leaves surrounding the sporophylls, the general name of "perianth" or ❋ Douglas Houghton Campbell (N/A)

The segments of the perianth also closed on the pistil, but more slowly than the stamens. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Bud angled, perianth lobes joined, fleshy with a red surface. ❋ Unknown (1999)

Remarks: The other member of this genus in Kenya, H. africana, is different in that it has no hairs at the edge of the perianth lobes. ❋ Unknown (1999)

The leaves below the archegonial group are frequently modified in size and shape, but the chief protection is afforded by a tubular perianth, which corresponds to a coherent whorl of leaves and grows up independently of fertilization. ❋ Various (N/A)

_Marchantia_ and _Fimbriaria_ an additional investment termed in descriptive works the perianth, grows up around each fertilized archegonium ❋ Various (N/A)

_ Longitudinal section of the summit of a shoot bearing a nearly mature sporogonium, sg, still enclosed in the calyptra; ar ', archegonia which have remained unfertilized; st, stem; b, leaf; p, perianth. ❋ Various (N/A)

The perianth serves also to enclose and protect the sporogonium during its development. ❋ Various (N/A)

This crown is connected at the base of the divisions of the perianth, which divisions do not go to the base of the flower, but form what may be called an outer tube. ❋ John Wood (N/A)

_Jonesia_: pedicellis apice articulatis, basi bracteolatis, ideoque infloresc. magis composita esse debet; laciniis anticis? corollae? perianth compositum, binatum praebentibus, emarginatio et situs stam 5ti rudiment. ❋ William Griffith (N/A)

In the scilla there is no corona, neither a tube, but the petal-like sepals or divisions of the perianth are entire, going to the base of the flower. ❋ John Wood (N/A)

The latter is conspicuous from the reflexed condition of the limb of the perianth, and also from its lobes and membranous fringe being a soft lemon-yellow colour. ❋ John Wood (N/A)

From this description it will be seen that the flower is a rather small Crocus, but from the soft tints of the perianth, and more pronounced and bright colours of the seed organs, it is one of much beauty. ❋ John Wood (N/A)

Flowers are produced on slender scapes, 3in. to 4in. long, singly, from the long membranous spatha; they are 1¼in. across the expanded perianth, and about the same length; the six divisions are rather longer than the tube, and of a pale yellow or lemon colour; the crown or nectary is campanulate, longer than the petal-like divisions, lobed, fringed, and of a deep yellow colour. ❋ John Wood (N/A)

But when the flowers open, a hand lens reveals 3-5 tiny, membranous perianth-segments for each tiny flower, whitish in color, and more or less connected at their bases. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

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