Definition of: perigynous

(pə·rij′ə·nəs) adjective Bot.
Situated around the ovary: said of parts of a flower, as the stamens, in which the ovary is nearly or quite free and surrounded by a cup formed by the torus or by the adnation of two or more of the floral organs, upon which the other parts seem to be inserted. [<NL perigynus <Gk. peri- around + gynē female]
—pe·rig′y·ny noun