perigonium
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
perigonium (plural perigonia)
- (botany) The sterile parts of a flower; collectively, the sepals and petals (or tepals); the perianth.
- (botany) The modified leaves around the antheridia in a bryophytic plant.
- (dated, zoology) The wall of the sporosac in a hydroid.
Synonyms[edit]
- (in a bryophyte): splash cup