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Periclases
- noun - a white solid mineral that occurs naturally as periclase; a source of magnesium
Periclinal
- unknown - sloping down in all directions from a point
Periculous
- - Dangerous; full of peril.
Peridinian
- noun - flagellate with a thick test composed of plates
Peridinium
- noun - type genus of the family Peridiniidae
Peridotite
- noun - a dark coarse-grained igneous rock consisting principally of olivine
Perigonium
- noun - collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils
Perigynium
- - 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 Cyperace.
Perigynous
- - Having the ovary free, but the petals and stamens borne on the calyx; -- said of a flower such as that of the cherry or peach.