(n.) The leaves of a flower generally, especially when the calyx and corolla are not readily distinguished.
(n.) A saclike involucre which incloses the young fruit in most hepatic mosses. See Illust. of Hepatica.
Example Sentences:
(1) In contrast, mutations in another floral homeotic gene, APETALA2 (AP2), result in the replacement of the perianth organs by the reproductive organs.
(2) In ag mutants, the loss of AG function leads to the conversion of these organs to the perianth organs (petals and sepals).
(3) The proper time to pick the flower buds comes when they are fully developed before the perianth appears.
Tepal
Definition:
(n.) A division of a perianth.
Example Sentences:
(1) It was found that the anodal isoperoxidase pattern of parrot mutant tepals differs distinctly from tepals of their mother cultivars, but no differences were observed in cathodal isoperoxidases.
(2) Fibrillar chromoplasts in tepals of Lilium croceum are able to synthesize starch in vitro, not, however, from glucose but from glucose-1-phosphate.
(3) Comparison of surface growth patterns and differentiation events in the gynoecium to those previously described in the tepal and another demonstrates the triphasic nature of growth in the whole lily flower.
(4) The isoperoxidase spectrums of 2 single tulip cultivars and their parrot mutants were analyzed by disc electrophoresis in leaves and tepals i.e.