perigynium

English

Alternative forms

• perigyne (rare)

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin perigynium, from peri- +‎ Ancient Greek γῠνή (gunḗ, “woman”) +‎ -ium.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pɛɹɪˈd͡ʒɪnɪəm/

Noun

perigynium (plural perigynia)

1. (botany) Any unusual appendage around the pistil, such as the bottle-shaped body in the sedges, or the bristles and scales in some other genera of the sedge family.

Related terms

• perigynous

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “perigynium”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)