perigonium

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Noun

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

(in a bryophyte): splash cup

Derived terms

paraperigonium

Related terms

perigynium

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