1.
[syn: perianth, chlamys, floral envelope, perigone, perigonium]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
perigone
n 1: 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,
perigone, perigonium]