- Having sepals, petals, and stamens around the edge of a cuplike receptacle containing the ovary, as in flowers of the rose or cherry.
- Of or being perigynous flower parts: perigynous stamens.
perigynous
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pe·rig·y·nous (pə-rĭj'ə-nəs)  |
adj.
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- Proteales (botany)
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- Sapindales (botany)
- perigynium
- Aristolochiales (botany)
- Rhizophorales (botany)
- Rosaceae (botany)
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- Celastrales (magnoliophyta)
- pistil (in botany)
- Flower
- Oleaceae
