perigone

English

Etymology

See peri- (“around”) and gon- (“sexual reproduction”).

Noun

perigone (plural perigones)

  1. (botany) perianth
  2. In mosses, the involucral bracts of a male flower.
  3. (zoology) A sac surrounding the generative bodies in the gonophore of a hydroid.

Translations
perianth — see perianth

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