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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In Muscineæ, the circle of more or less modiefied leaves surrounding a group of sexual organs, comprising antheridia and archegonia, or archegonia alone.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Bot.) Same as perichæth.

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  • noun botany perichaeth

Etymologies

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New Latin, from Ancient Greek περί ("about") + χαίτη ("flowing hair, foliage").

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