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Perigonium
- noun - collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils
Perigynium
- - 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 Cyperace.
Perigynous
- - Having the ovary free, but the petals and stamens borne on the calyx; -- said of a flower such as that of the cherry or peach.
Perihelion
- noun - periapsis in solar orbit; the point in the orbit of a planet or comet where it is nearest to the sun
Perihelium
- - That point of the orbit of a planet or comet which is nearest to the sun; -- opposed to aphelion.
Perilously
- adverb - in a dangerous manner; "he came dangerously close to falling off the ledge"
Perilymphs
- noun - the bodily fluid that fills the space between the bony labyrinth and the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear
Perimeters
- noun - a line enclosing a plane areas
- Edge
- Outside edge or border
- the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary
- the size of something as given by the distance around it
Perimysial
- - Surrounding a muscle or muscles. (b) Of or pertaining to the perimysium.