perigynium Meaning, Definition & Usage

Per`i*gyn"i*um noun

Etymology

NL. See Perigynous.

Wordforms

plural Perigynia

Definitions

1. (Bot.) Some unusual appendage about the pistil, as the bottle-shaped body in the sedges, and the bristles or scales in some other genera of the Sedge family, or Cyperaceæ.