Vocabulary : Perigee to Perigynia
Perigee : Alt. of PerigeumPerigenesis : A theory which explains inheritance by the transmission of the type of growth force possessed by one generation to another.
Perigenetic : Of or pertaining to perigenesis.
Perigeum : 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.
Perigone : Any organ inclosing the essential organs of a flower; a perianth. ;; In mosses, the involucral bracts of a male flower. ;; A sac which surrounds the generative bodies in the gonophore of a hydroid.
