noun. In botany, same as perianth, but also, specifically, the circle of leaves surrounding the antheridia of certain mosses. Also perigonium.

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noun. Any organ inclosing the essential organs of a flower; a perianth.

noun. In mosses, the involucral bracts of a male flower.

noun. A sac which surrounds the generative bodies in the gonophore of a hydroid.

noun. perianth

noun. In mosses, the involucral bracts of a male flower.

noun. A sac surrounding the generative bodies in the gonophore of a hydroid.

noun. collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils

"There are two sets of perigone leaves, three in each, and these are usually much alike except the lower (through the twisting of the ovary) of the inner set."

cover  covering  natural covering  plant organ  

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