chlamys

Questions about chlamys

What is another word for chlamys?

It depends which chlamys you mean. In the sense “collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils”, the synonyms are perianth, floral envelope, perigone, perigonium. Across all 2 senses there are 4 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of chlamys?

WordNet records no antonym for chlamys. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Why are the synonyms for chlamys split into groups?

Because chlamys carries 2 recorded senses and each has its own set of substitutes. A single flat list would put words from unrelated meanings side by side with nothing to tell them apart, which is exactly how a writer picks the wrong one. The grouping comes from WordNet's synsets, not from an editorial judgement of ours.

Where do the synonyms for chlamys come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of chlamys

• Full entry for chlamysAll 2 senses, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for chlamysWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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