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- English Word Perigeum Definition That point in the orbit of the moon which is nearest to the earth; -- opposed to apogee. It is sometimes, but rarely, used of the nearest points of other orbits, as of a comet, a planet, etc. Called also epigee, epigeum.
- English Word Perigone Definition Any organ inclosing the essential organs of a flower; a perianth.
- English Word Perigone Definition In mosses, the involucral bracts of a male flower.
- English Word Perigone Definition A sac which surrounds the generative bodies in the gonophore of a hydroid.
- English Word Perigonia Definition of Perigonium
- English Word Perigonium Definition Same as Perigone.
- English Word Perigord pie Definition A pie made of truffles, much esteemed by epicures.
- English Word Perigraph Definition A careless or inaccurate delineation of anything.
- English Word Perigynia Definition of Perigynium
- English Word Perigynium Definition Some unusual appendage about the pistil, as the bottle-shaped body in the sedges, and the bristles or scales in some other genera of the Sedge family, or Cyperaceae.
- English Word Perigynous Definition Having the ovary free, but the petals and stamens borne on the calyx; -- said of flower such as that of the cherry or peach.
- English Word Perihelia Definition of Perihelium
- English Word Perihelion Definition Alt. of Perihelium
- English Word Perihelium Definition That point of the orbit of a planet or comet which is nearest to the sun; -- opposed to aphelion.
- English Word Peril Definition Danger; risk; hazard; jeopardy; exposure of person or property to injury, loss, or destruction.
- English Word Peril Definition To expose to danger; to hazard; to risk; as, to peril one's life.
- English Word Peril Definition To be in danger.
- English Word Periled Definition of Peril
- English Word Periling Definition of Peril
- English Word Perilla Definition A genus of labiate herbs, of which one species (Perilla ocimoides, or P. Nankinensis) is often cultivated for its purple or variegated foliage.