perichaetium
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
New Latin, from Ancient Greek περί (perí, “about”) + χαίτη (khaítē, “flowing hair, foliage”) + -ium
NounEdit
perichaetium (plural perichaetia)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for perichaetium in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)