perianth

perianth is a 8-letter English word with 3 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The leaves of a flower generally, especially when the calyx and corolla are not readily distinguished. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 14 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The leaves of a flower generally, especially when the calyx and corolla are not readily distinguished.
2. noun. A saclike involucre which incloses the young fruit in most hepatic mosses. See Illust. of Hepatica.
3. noun. collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils

   Synonyms: chlamys, perigone, perigonium

Synonyms

chlamys, perigone, perigonium

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in perianth:

triphane

Common word forms

perianths

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