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perigynous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
perig-y-nous
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having the stamens, petals or sepals situated around the ovary (especially, on the rim of the receptacle of a superior ovary).

adj

Having a hypanthium.

Etymology

From peri- + Ancient Greek γῠνή (gŭnḗ, “woman”) + -ous. From peri- + gyn- + -ous.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Derived Forms

perigynously

Questions

What does perigynous mean?
Having the stamens, petals or sepals situated around the ovary (especially, on the rim of the receptacle of a superior ovary).
Where does perigynous come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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