perigone

noun — 3 senses

perigone

noun

Etymology From French périgone, doublet of perigonium.

1

Biology, Botany, Natural sciences perianth

2

In mosses, the involucral bracts of a male flower.

3

Biology, Natural sciences, Zoology A sac surrounding the generative bodies in the gonophore of a hydroid.

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