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Definition of Perigone
1. Noun. Collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils.
Generic synonyms: Cover, Covering, Natural Covering, Plant Organ
Group relationships: Bloom, Blossom, Flower
Terms within: Corolla, Calyx
Specialized synonyms: Falls
Derivative terms: Chlamydeous
Definition of Perigone
1. n. Any organ inclosing the essential organs of a flower; a perianth.
Definition of Perigone
1. Noun. (botany) perianth ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Perigone
1. a structure in some flowers [n -S]
Medical Definition of Perigone
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Perigone
Literary usage of Perigone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands: A Description of Their Phanerogams and by William Hillebrand (1888)
"The fruiting perigone of all three species exudes a very viscid glue which the
native ... Stamens 8, rarely 9 — 12, as long as the perigone in the male, ..."
2. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1869)
"late Mr. Oldham, though the perigone- ... though he makes the depth of division
of perigone-lobes a sub-paragraphic character, it mny be open to question ..."
3. Structural Botany: Or Organography on the Basis of Morphology. To which is by Asa Gray (1879)
"Neither name is much used, except where the perianth or perigone is simple or in
one set (when it is almost always calyx), or where it is of two circles ..."
4. Refugium Botanicum: Or Figures and Descriptions from Living Specimens, of ...by William Wilson Saunders, Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach, John Gilbert Baker by William Wilson Saunders, Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach, John Gilbert Baker (1882)
"Outer perigone oblique, with glandular hairs outside the sepals; throat angular,
small. ... perigone ..."
5. The Indigenous Trees of the Hawaiian Islands by Joseph Francis Charles Rock (1913)
"perigone of the female flowers four parted or four lobed. Flowers in cymes. ...
Female flowers on a globose receptacle, the perigone dry with fruit. 2. ..."
6. The Indigenous Trees of the Hawaiian Islands by Joseph Francis Charles Rock (1913)
"perigone of the female flowers four parted or four lobed. Flowers in cymes. ...
Female flowers on a globose receptacle, the perigone dry with fruit. 2. ..."
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