perigynous, a. Bot.
(pəˈrɪdʒɪnəs)
[f. mod.L. perigyn-us (Jussieu 1789) (f. Gr. περί around + γυνή wife, female, pistil) + -ous. In mod.F. périgyne.]
Situated around the pistil or ovary: said of the stamens when growing upon some part surrounding the ovary (either the calyx, or the corolla, or the edge of the hollowed receptacle); also said of a flower in which the stamens are so placed. Opp. to epigynous and hypogynous.
| 1807 R. A. Salisbury in Trans. Linn. Soc. VIII. 1 That insertion of the Stamina which the celebrated Jussieu has denominated Perigynous. 1830 Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. Introd. 27 Or they [stamens] contract an adhesion..with either the calyx or corolla, when they become perigynous. 1875 Bennett & Dyer Sachs' Bot. 200 The perigynous flower of a rose. |
So peˈrigyny, the condition of being perigynous.
| 1880 Gray Struct. Bot. vi. §3 (ed. 6) 183 The perigyny may be..merely the adnation of petals and stamens to calyx,..or..the adnation of the calyx. 1887 Athenæum 10 Dec. 787/3 The shortening of the axis within the flower, giving the transition from hypogyny through perigyny to epigyny. |