Usually means: Ovary surrounded by flower parts.
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  8. perigyny: Wiktionary

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▸ noun:  (botany) The quality of being perigynous.

Similar:
perikaryon, perineum, perinatally, perianth, peripatus, pernis, periungual, pernio, perosis, epigynous, more...

Opposite:
epigyny

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Similar:
perikaryon, perineum, perinatally, perianth, peripatus, pernis, periungual, pernio, perosis, epigynous, more...

Opposite:
epigyny



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