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PERIGONE
Per
"i *
gone,
n.
Etym:
[
Pref.
peri-
+
Gr.
1. (
Bot.
) (a )
Any
organ
inclosing
the
essential
organs
of
a
flower;
a
perianth.
(b )
In
mosses,
the
involucral
bracts
of
a
male
flower.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A
sac
which
surrounds
the
generative
bodies
in
the
gonophore
of
a
hydroid.
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