envelope : Idioms & Phrases

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Floral envelope

  • noun collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils
    perigonium; chlamys; perianth; perigone.
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  • (Bot.), the calyx and corolla, one or the other of which (mostly the corolla) may be wanting.
Webster 1913

Letter-sheet envelope

  • a stamped sheet of letter paper issued by the government, prepared to be folded and sealed for transmission by mail without an envelope.
Webster 1913

pay envelope

  • noun wages enclosed in an envelope for distribution to the wage earner
    pay packet.
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push the envelope

  • Increase the capability of some type of machine or system; usu. by technological development.
Webster 1913

window envelope

  • noun an envelope with a transparent panel that reveals the address on the enclosure
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