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Pericles
- noun - Athenian statesman whose leadership contributed to Athens' political and cultural supremacy in Greece; he ordered the construction of the Parthenon (died in 429 BC)
Pericope
- - A selection or extract from a book; especially (Theol.), a selection from the Bible, appointed to be read in the churches or used as a text for a sermon.
Periderm
- - The outer layer of bark.
Peridium
- noun - outer layer of the spore-bearing organ in many fungi
Peridots
- noun - a pale green variety of chrysolite; used as a gemstone
Periergy
- - Excessive care or diligence.
Perigean
- - Pertaining to the perigee.
Perigees
- noun - periapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is nearest to the Earth
Perigeum
- - That point, in the orbit of the moon or other body orbiting the earth, which is nearest to the earth; -- opposed to apogee. It is sometimes, but rarely, used of the nearest points of bodies not orbiting the earth, such as of a comet, a planet, etc. Called also epigee, epigeum.
Perigone
- noun - collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils