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perigynous

adjective

Meaning

  1. Having the stamens, petals or sepals situated around the ovary (especially, on the rim of the receptacle of a superior ovary).
  2. Having a hypanthium.

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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