perigynium
noun
peri·gyn·i·um
plural perigynia
-ēə
1
: a fleshy cup or tube that surrounds the archegonium of various bryophytes (as of the liverwort group) and that is formed either from the stem apex or from the thallus
2
: the saclike bract that subtends the pistillate flower of sedges of the genus Carex and that in fruit becomes a flask-shaped envelope investing the achene
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from peri- + -gynium (from Greek gynē woman, wife, pistil + New Latin -ium)
- nifedipines
- niff-naff
- niff-naffy
- niffer
- niffered
- niffering
- niffers
- niffier
- niffiest
- niffle
- niffnaffed
- all the same
- all the same to
- all the time
- all the time in the world
- all the trimmings
- all the way
- all the while
- all the world
- all there
- all things being equal
- all things considered
- all things to all men
- all things to all people
- all things to all people/men