ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Perigone

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Perigone is a noun meaning (botany) perianth.

Meaning

(botany) perianth.

More Meanings

  1. In mosses, the involucral bracts of a male flower.
  2. (zoology) A sac surrounding the generative bodies in the gonophore of a hydroid.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include perigon, perianthium, perigonium, perigyny, paraperigonium, perula.

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