Perigynium \Per`i*gyn"i*um\, n.; pl. {Perigynia}. [NL. See {Perigynous}.] (Bot.) 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[ae]}.
Cyperaceae n : bulrush; chufa; cotton grass; papyrus; umbrella plant [syn: {family Cyperaceae}, {sedge family}]