'Perigone' definitions:

Definition of 'perigone'

(from WordNet)
noun
Collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils [syn: perianth, chlamys, floral envelope, perigone, perigonium]

Definition of 'Perigone'

From: GCIDE
  • Perigone \Per"i*gone\, n. [Pref. peri- + Gr. ? 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Zool.) A sac which surrounds the generative bodies in the gonophore of a hydroid. [1913 Webster]

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