perigynous

American  

[puh-rij-uh-nuhs] / pəˈrɪdʒ ə nəs /

adjective

Botany.

1. situated around the pistil on the edge of a cuplike receptacle, as stamens or petals.

2. having stamens, petals, etc., so arranged.

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perigynous British  

/ pəˈrɪdʒɪnəs /

adjective

1. (of a flower) having a concave or flat receptacle with the gynoecium and other floral parts at the same level, as in the rose

2. of or relating to the parts of a flower arranged in this way

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perigynous Scientific  

/ pə-rĭj′ə-nəs /

1. Having sepals, petals, and stamens around the edge of a cuplike receptacle (the hypanthium) containing the pistil, as in flowers of the rose or cherry.

2. Compare epigynous hypogynous

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Other Word Forms

• perigyny noun

Etymology

Origin of perigynous

From the New Latin word perigynus, dating back to 1800–10. See peri-, -gynous

Example Sentences

Flower of a Buckthorn showing a conspicuous perigynous disk.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa

In the next stage there is a further shortening of the central axis, leaving the outer portion as a ring on which the petals are inserted, producing the arrangement termed perigynous.

From Darwinism (1889) by Wallace, Alfred Russel

Its chief difference from Polygaleæ, is habit, foliation, and the perigynous insertion of corolla and stamina, and consequent union of the sepals. 

From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by Griffith, William

Also, instead of a perigynous disk, there are usually little scales on the receptacle, one behind each carpel.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

In Umbelliferæ the epigynous condition is changed for the perigynous, &c.

From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.