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Perianth vs Tepals - What's the difference?

perianth | tepals |

As nouns the difference between perianth and tepals

is that perianth is (botany) the sterile parts of a flower; collectively, the sepals and petals (or tepals) while tepals is .

perianth

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (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.
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    • Archegonia are surrounded early in their development by the juvenile perianth , through the slender beak of which the elongated neck of the fertilized archegonium protrudes.

    Synonyms

    * perigone

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    tepals

    English

    Noun

    (head)

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