perigynous
Americanadjective
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situated around the pistil on the edge of a cuplike receptacle, as stamens or petals.
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having stamens, petals, etc., so arranged.
adjective
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(of a flower) having a concave or flat receptacle with the gynoecium and other floral parts at the same level, as in the rose
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of or relating to the parts of a flower arranged in this way
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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.
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Compare epigynous hypogynous
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Etymology
Origin of perigynous
From the New Latin word perigynus, dating back to 1800–10. See peri-, -gynous
Example Sentences
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Thus Theophrastus has succeeded in distinguishing between the hypogynous, perigynous, and epigynous types of flower, and has almost come to regard its relation to the fruit as the essential floral element.
From The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield by Livingstone, R.W.
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.
Stamens perigynous, 10 in number, 3 upper ones very small and frequently sterile, 3 lower very large.
From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers
Hawthorn-blossom in section; parts adnate to whole face of ovary, and with each other beyond; another grade of perigynous.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa
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
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