perigynous
/pəˈrɪdʒɪnəs
/adjective Botany
(Of a plant or flower) having the stamens and other floral parts at the same level as the carpels. Compare with epigynous, hypogynous.There is a vestigial non-functional perigynous disc and nectar is secreted by glandular trichomes distributed along the internal surface of the corolla.
Derivatives
perigyny
Origin
Early 19th century: from modern Latin perigynus (from Greek peri- 'around' + gunē 'woman') + -ous.
- ornithic
- ornithichnite
- ornithine
- ornithine carbamoyltransferase
- ornithine carbamyltransferase
- ornithine decarboxylase
- ornithine transcarbamoylase
- ornithine transcarbamylase
- ornithischian
- ornitho-
- ornithocoprophilous
- Ornithodelphia
- ornithogalum
- ornithogeographic
- ornithogeographical
- ornithogeography
- ornithoid
- Ornitholestes
- ornitholite
- ornithologic
- ornithological
- ornithologically
- ornithologise
- ornithologist
- ornithologize