Pĕr'i-gȳn'ĭ-ŭm, n.
n. [Fr. perigyne, Gr. περί, about, and γυνή, a woman, female.] (Bot.) Some unusual appendage about the pistil, as the bottle-shaped body in the sedges, and bristles or scales in some of the Cyperaceæ.
n. [Fr. perigyne, Gr. περί, about, and γυνή, a woman, female.] (Bot.) Some unusual appendage about the pistil, as the bottle-shaped body in the sedges, and bristles or scales in some of the Cyperaceæ.