perigynous
/puh-rij-uh-nuhs/US // pəˈrɪdʒ ə nəs //UK // (pəˈrɪdʒɪnəs) //
会阴,会阴的,会阴部,周围
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
Botany.
- : situated around the pistil on the edge of a cuplike receptacle, as stamens or petals.
- : having stamens, petals, etc., so arranged.
Examples
Petals 5, erect, spatulate, inserted on the margin of the thick perigynous disk which lines the base of the calyx.
Also, instead of a perigynous disk, there are usually little scales on the receptacle, one behind each carpel.
Hawthorn-blossom in section; parts adnate to whole face of ovary, and with each other beyond; another grade of perigynous.
Perigynous, inserted on the calyx, that is, with the lower part of filament adnate to the calyx-tube.
These latter were classified according to whether the parts of the flower were hypogenous, perigynous, or epigynous.
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