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Perigynium
Pronunciation : Per`i*gyn"i*um
Part of Speech : n.;
Etymology : [NL. See Perigynous.] (Bot.)
Definition : Defn: 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 Cyperace?.
pl. Perigynia.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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