perigone Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils
    perigonium; chlamys; perianth; floral envelope.

WordNet

Per"i*gone noun
Etymology
Pref. peri- + Gr. productive organs.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) (a) Any organ inclosing the essential organs of a flower; a perianth. (b) In mosses, the involucral bracts of a male flower.
  2. (Zoöl.) A sac which surrounds the generative bodies in the gonophore of a hydroid.

Webster 1913