perigynium

Noun

Meaning

Some unusual appendage about the pistil, as the bottle-shaped body in the sedges, and the bristles or scales in some other genera of the Sedge family, or Cyperaceae.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Related terms

perigynous

Derivatives

perigynia

Close letter words and terms

perigraph perigraphic periguloside perigynous perigyny perihabenular