perigynium

Meaning

Noun

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.

Origin

Borrowed from New Latin perigynium, from the Ancient Greek περῐ- + -γῠνή. Compare perigynous.

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