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perigonium

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
perigo-ni-um
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The sterile parts of a flower; collectively, the sepals and petals (or tepals); the perianth.

noun

The modified leaves around the antheridia in a bryophytic plant.

noun

The wall of the sporosac in a hydroid.

Dated

Etymology

From peri- + -gonium.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.

Inflected Forms

perigonia (plural)

Derived Forms

paraperigonium perigonial

Frequently Paired Words

perigynium

Synonyms

perianth perigone splash cup chlamys floral envelope

Questions

What does perigonium mean?
The sterile parts of a flower; collectively, the sepals and petals (or tepals); the perianth.
Where does perigonium come from?
From peri- + -gonium.

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