perianth, chlamys, floral envelope, perigone, perigonium
(noun) collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils
Source: WordNet® 3.1
perianth (plural perianths)
(botany) The sterile parts of a flower; collectively, the sepals and petals (or tepals).
(botany, bryology) The sterile, tubelike tissue that surrounds the female reproductive structure in a leafy liverwort.
• perigone
• Perthian, triphane
Source: Wiktionary
Per"i*anth, n. Etym: [Pref. peri- + Gr. périanthe.] (Bot.) (a) The leaves of a flower generally, especially when the calyx and corolla are not readily distinguished. (b) A saclike involucre which incloses the young fruit in most hepatic mosses. See Illust. of Hepatica.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 February 2025
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
