Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Hydroida, a sac formed by the more external parts of the gonophore.
- noun In botany, same as
perigone .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Same as
perigone .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
sterile parts of aflower ; collectively, thesepals andpetals (ortepals ); theperianth . - noun The modified
leaves around theantheridia in abryophytic plant. - noun dated The wall of the
sporosac in ahydroid .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils
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At the top of the axis in the male plant rise the antheridia, surrounded by an envelope of modified leaves called the perigonium.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886 Various
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