Associations to the word «Perigonium»
Noun
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Wiktionary
PERIGONIUM, noun. The sterile parts of a flower; collectively, the sepals and petals (or tepals); the perianth.
PERIGONIUM, noun. The modified leaves around the antheridia in a bryophytic plant.
PERIGONIUM, noun. (dated) The wall of the sporosac in a hydroid.
Dictionary definition
PERIGONIUM, 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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