'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]