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perigone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
perigone
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

perianth

noun

In mosses, the involucral bracts of a male flower.

noun

A sac surrounding the generative bodies in the gonophore of a hydroid.

Etymology

From French périgone, doublet of perigonium.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.

Inflected Forms

perigones (plural)

Synonyms

perianth chlamys floral envelope perigonium

Questions

What does perigone mean?
perianth
Where does perigone come from?
It is traced to French.

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