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Perianth [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The calyx of a flower when contiguous to the other parts of fructification.

Perianth [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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

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

Perianthium [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913