perigynium

Betekenis (Engels)

Any unusual appendage around the pistil, such as the bottle-shaped body in the sedges, or the bristles and scales in some other genera of the sedge family.

Sinonieme

perigonium

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/pɛɹɪˈd͡ʒɪnɪəm/

Etimologie (Engels)

Borrowed from New Latin perigynium, from peri- + Ancient Greek γῠνή (gunḗ, “woman”) + -ium.