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Perigone

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    perianth
  2. 2
    collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils wordnet
  3. 3
    In mosses, the involucral bracts of a male flower.
  4. 4
    A sac surrounding the generative bodies in the gonophore of a hydroid.

Etymology

From French périgone, doublet of perigonium.

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