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Webster 1913 Edition


Perigynium


Perˊi-gyn′i-um

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Perigynia
(#)
.
[NL. See
Perigynous
.]
(Bot.)
Some unusual appendage about the pistil, as the bottle-shaped body in the sedges, and the bristles or scales in some other genera of the Sedge family, or
Cyperaceæ
.

Definition 2024


perigynium

perigynium

English

Noun

perigynium (plural perigynia)

  1. (botany) Any unusual appendage around the pistil, such as the bottle-shaped body in the sedges, or the bristles and scales in some other genera of the sedge family.