perigynous

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adjective

pe·​rig·​y·​nous pə-ˈri-jə-nəs 

: borne on a ring or cup of the receptacle surrounding a pistil

perigynous petals

also : having perigynous stamens and petals

perigynous flowers

perigyny

pə-ˈri-jə-nē 

noun

perigyny

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noun

pe·​rig·​y·​ny -nē 

plural -es

: the quality or state of being perigynous

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

borrowed from New Latin perigynus, from peri- peri- + -gynus -gynous

Note: The term was apparently introduced, along with epigynus epigynous, by the French botanist Antoine Laurent de Jussieu (1748-1836) in Genera plantarum secundum ordines rationales disposita (Paris, 1789), p. xiii.

Noun

peri- + -gyny

First Known Use

Adjective

1807, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for perigynous

• indigenous
• polygynous
• nonindigenous