‖ periˈclinium Bot.
[mod.L. (Cassini 1818), f. Gr. περί around + κλίνη couch.]
The involucre of Compositæ.
| 1826 G. N. Lloyd Bot. Terminol. 148 Periclinium,..a term used by Cassini to denote the common calyx of compound flowers. 1832 Lindley Introd. Bot. 102 In Compositæ, the involucrum often consists of several rows of imbricated bracteae... Linnæus called it calyx communis,.. Richard periphoranthium, Cassini periclinium. |