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Definition of Perigynous
1. a. Having the ovary free, but the petals and stamens borne on the calyx; -- said of flower such as that of the cherry or peach.
Definition of Perigynous
1. Adjective. (botany) Having the stamens, petals or sepals situated around the ovary (especially, on the rim of the receptacle of a superior ovary). ¹
2. Adjective. (botany) Having a hypanthium. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Perigynous
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Perigynous
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Perigynous
Literary usage of Perigynous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London by Linnean Society of London (1807)
"TRANSACTIONS OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY. I. Observations on the perigynous Insertion
of the Stamina of Plants. By Richard Anthony Salisbury, ..."
2. Botany by Geological Survey of California, William Henry Brewer, Sereno Watson, Asa Gray (1880)
"Our genus will naturally be looked for among the perigynous, not among the
hypogynous orders. 1. CALYCANTHUS, Linn. ..."
3. A Flora of Western Middle California by Willis Linn Jepson (1901)
"consequence seeming as if perigynous; this receptacle in addition often excavated,
surrounding the base of the pistil, the calyx and corolla in bears a ..."
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