perigonium
Noun
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Noun
perigonium (plural perigonia)
- (botany) The sterile parts of a flower; collectively, the sepals and petals (or tepals); the perianth.
- Synonyms: perianth, perigone
- (botany) The modified leaves around the antheridia in a bryophytic plant.
- (dated, zoology) The wall of the sporosac in a hydroid.
- (in a bryophyte) splash cup
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