Thesaurus: perigone

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1. n. Any organ inclosing the essential organs of a flower; a perianth.
2. n. In mosses, the involucral bracts of a male flower.
3. n. A sac which surrounds the generative bodies in the gonophore of a hydroid.
4. n. collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils
5. 1. (Bot.) (a) Any organ inclosing the essential organs of a flower; a perianth. (b) In mosses, the involucral bracts of a male flower. 2. (Zoöl.) A sac which surrounds the generative bodies in the gonophore of a hydroid.
6. A sac which surrounds the generative bodies in the gonophore ofa hydroid.
7. n collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils