# perianth

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #85,639

## Definitions
1. The sterile parts of a flower; collectively, the sepals and petals (or tepals).
2. The sterile, tubelike tissue that surrounds the female reproductive structure in a leafy liverwort.

## Etymology
From French périanthe, from New Latin perianthium.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/perianth