Perigonium

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In Hydroida, a sac formed by the more external parts of the gonophore.
  • noun. In botany, same as perigone.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Same as perigone.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The sterile parts of a flower; collectively, the sepals and petals (or tepals); the perianth.
  • noun. The modified leaves around the antheridia in a bryophytic plant.
  • noun. The wall of the sporosac in a hydroid.
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  • noun. collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils