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2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Perigone \Per"i*gone\, n. [Pref. peri- + Gr. ? productive organs.] 1. (Bot.) (a) Any organ inclosing the essential organs of a flower; a perianth. (b) In mosses, the involucral bracts of a male flower. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) A sac which surrounds the generative bodies in the gonophore of a hydroid. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: perigone n : collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils [syn: {perianth}, {chlamys}, {floral envelope}, {perigonium}]
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