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Perigone

Per′i-gone

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Noun.
[Pref.
peri-
+ Gr. [GREEK] productive organs.]
1.
(Bot.)
(a)
Any organ inclosing the essential organs of a flower; a perianth.
(b)
In mosses, the involucral bracts of a male flower.
2.
(Zool.)
A sac which surrounds the generative bodies in the gonophore of a hydroid.

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perigone

perigone

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perigone (plural perigones)

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

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