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Definition of: perianth
(per′ē·anth) noun Bot.
The combined calyx and corolla of a flower when so alike as to be indistinguishable: sometimes called perigonium. [Appar. <F périanthe <NL perianthium <Gk. peri- around + anthos a flower]
—per′i·an′the·ous adjective
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