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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 Cyperaceæ.

Having the ovary free, but the petals and stamens borne on the calyx; -- said of flower such as that of the cherry or peach.

That point of the orbit of a planet or comet which is nearest to the sun; -- opposed to Ant: aphelion.

isk; hazard; jeopardy; exposure of person or property to injury, loss, or destruction. In perils of waters, in perils of robbers. 2 Cor. xi. 26. Adventure hard With peril great achieved. Milton. At, or On, one's peril, with risk or danger to one; at the hazard of. "On thy soul's peril." Shak.

A genus of labiate herbs, of which one species (Perilla ocimoides, or P. Nankinensis) is often cultivated for its purple or variegated foliage.

Full of, attended with, or involving, peril; dangerous; hazardous; as, a perilous undertaking. Infamous hills, and sandy, perilous wilds. Milton.

The fluid which surrounds the membranous labyrinth of the internal ear, and separates it from the walls of the chambers in which the labyrinth lies.

Around, or at the side of, a lymphatic vessel.

Pertaining to, or containing, perilymph.

The outer boundary of a body or figure, or the sum of all the sides.

Of or pertaining to the perimeter, or to perimetry; as, a perimetric chart of the eye.

The art of using the perimeter; measurement of the field of vision.

A crystal of one species inclosing one of another species. See Endomorph.

Of or pertaining to the perimysium.

The connective tissue sheath which surrounds a muscle, and sends partitions inwards between the bundles of muscular fibers.

See Perineum.

Of or pertaining to the perineum.

The act or process of restoring an injured perineum.

The operation of sewing up a ruptured perineum.

Inflammation of the cellular tissue around the kidney. -- Per`i*ne*phrit"ic, a.