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PERIGEE	• perigee n. (Astronomy) The point, in an orbit about the Earth, that is closest to the Earth: the periapsis of an Earth orbiter. • perigee n. (Astronomy, more generally) The point, in an orbit about any planet, that is closest to the planet… • perigee n. (Possibly archaic outside astrology) The point, in any trajectory of an object in space, where it is…
PERIGON	• perigon n. (Geometry) A round angle; a full circle. • perigon n. (Dated) A perianth or a perigonium. • PERIGON n. (Greek) an angle equal to 360 degrees.
PERIGEAL	• perigeal adj. Relating to the perigee. • PERIGEAL adj. relating to a perigee, the point of the moon's orbit at which it is nearest the earth, also PERIGEAN.
PERIGEAN	• perigean adj. Pertaining to the perigee. • PERIGEAN adj. relating to a perigee, the point of the moon's orbit at which it is nearest the earth, also PERIGEAL.
PERIGEES	• perigees n. Plural of perigee. • PERIGEE n. (Greek) the point at which a celestial body is nearest to earth.
PERIGONE	• perigone n. (Botany) perianth. • perigone n. In mosses, the involucral bracts of a male flower. • perigone n. (Zoology) A sac surrounding the generative bodies in the gonophore of a hydroid.
PERIGONS	• perigons n. Plural of perigon. • PERIGON n. (Greek) an angle equal to 360 degrees.
PERIGYNY	• perigyny n. (Botany) The quality of being perigynous. • PERIGYNY n. a receptacle developed as an open cup.
PERIGONES	• perigones n. Plural of perigone. • PERIGONE n. any organ inclosing the essential organs of a flower, also PERIGONIUM.
PERIGONIA	• perigonia n. Plural of perigonium. • PERIGONIUM n. any organ inclosing the essential organs of a flower, also PERIGONE.
PERIGONIAL	• perigonial adj. Of or related to the perigonium. • PERIGONIAL adj. of or like a perigone, an organ inclosing the essential organs of a flower; a perianth.
PERIGONIUM	• perigonium n. (Botany) The sterile parts of a flower; collectively, the sepals and petals (or tepals); the perianth. • perigonium n. (Botany) The modified leaves around the antheridia in a bryophytic plant. • perigonium n. (Dated, zoology) The wall of the sporosac in a hydroid.
PERIGYNIES	• PERIGYNY n. a receptacle developed as an open cup.
PERIGYNOUS	• perigynous adj. (Botany) Having the stamens, petals or sepals situated around the ovary (especially, on the rim of the… • perigynous adj. (Botany) Having a hypanthium. • PERIGYNOUS adj. of a flower, having the perianth and stamens inserted on a flat or cup-shaped structure which arises below, and is not fused to, the ovary.
PERIGASTRIC	• perigastric adj. (Anatomy) Surrounding the stomach. • PERIGASTRIC adj. surrounding the alimentary canal.
PERIGENESES	• PERIGENESIS n. reproduction (according to the theory of Ernst Haeckel) by transmission not only of chemical material but of vibrations of plastidules.
PERIGENESIS	• perigenesis n. (Biology) A theory which explains inheritance by the transmission of the type of growth force possessed… • PERIGENESIS n. reproduction (according to the theory of Ernst Haeckel) by transmission not only of chemical material but of vibrations of plastidules.
PERIGLACIAL	• periglacial adj. (Geomorphology) Of or pertaining to the area around the edge of a glacier. • PERIGLACIAL adj. bordering a glacier.
PERIGASTRITIS	• perigastritis n. (Pathology) inflammation of the region surrounding the stomach. • PERIGASTRITIS n. inflammation of the outer surface of the stomach.
PERIGASTRITISES	• PERIGASTRITIS n. inflammation of the outer surface of the stomach.

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