adjective
- having the stamens and other floral parts attached around the ovary at the same level
Usage: botanical
Examples
- The cherry blossom has a perigynous flower structure.
- In perigynous flowers, the petals and stamens form a cup around the ovary.
- Rose flowers are typically perigynous, with parts arranged around the central pistil.
- The botanist identified the specimen as perigynous based on its floral arrangement.
- Perigynous insertion is common in the rose family of plants.
- Students learned to distinguish between hypogynous, perigynous, and epigynous flowers.