Associations to the word «Perigone»

Wiktionary

PERIGONE, noun. (botany) perianth
PERIGONE, noun. In mosses, the involucral bracts of a male flower.
PERIGONE, noun. (zoology) A sac surrounding the generative bodies in the gonophore of a hydroid.

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

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