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PERIGONIUM (perigonia)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does perigonium mean? 

PERIGONIUM (noun)
  The noun PERIGONIUM has 1 sense:

1. collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistilsplay

  Familiarity information: PERIGONIUM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PERIGONIUM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

chlamys; floral envelope; perianth; perigone; perigonium

Hypernyms ("perigonium" is a kind of...):

cover; covering; natural covering (a natural object that covers or envelops)

plant organ (a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus)

Meronyms (parts of "perigonium"):

corolla ((botany) the whorl of petals of a flower that collectively form an inner floral envelope or layer of the perianth)

calyx ((botany) the whorl of sepals of a flower collectively forming the outer floral envelope or layer of the perianth enclosing and supporting the developing bud; usually green)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "perigonium"):

falls (the petals or sepals of a flower that bend downward (especially the outer perianth of an iris))

Holonyms ("perigonium" is a part of...):

bloom; blossom; flower (reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts)


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