• (n.) Some unusual appendage about the pistil, as the bottle-shaped body in the sedges, and the bristles or scales in some other genera of the Sedge family, or Cyperaceae.
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(from the article `Cyperaceae`) ...In many instances, the achenes have no obvious dispersal mechanism and are probably eaten and dispersed by birds and small mammals. In Carex, the ...
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The saclike or scalelike structure that completely encloses the ovary (achene) in Carex.
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A sac-like structure enclosing the pistil and, at maturity, the achene in Carex.
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A sac-like structure enclosing the pistil in Carex.
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a flask-like papery structure that surrounds the ovary in Carex (plural, perigynia).
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Per`i·gyn'i·um noun ;
plural Perigynia . [ New Latin See
Perigynous .]
(Botany) Some unusual appendage about the pistil, as the bottle-shaped body in the sedges, and the bristles or scales in some other genera of the Sedge family, or
Cyperaceæ .
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The sac or utricle that incloses the ovary or achene in Carex; it is sometimes inflated.
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