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pe⋅rig⋅y⋅ny

  [puh-rij-uh-nee]
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–noun
Botany. a perigynous condition.
Origin:
1875–80; perigyn(ous) + -y 3
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pe·rig·y·nous   (pə-rĭj'ə-nəs)   
adj.  

  1. Having sepals, petals, and stamens around the edge of a cuplike receptacle containing the ovary, as in flowers of the rose or cherry.

  2. Of or being perigynous flower parts: perigynous stamens.

pe·rig'y·ny (-ə-nē) n.
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