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Perfect
The term
perfect
has different meanings:
For the mathematical concept, see
perfect number
.
For the philosophical concept, see
perfection
.
The grammatical idea is described in
perfect tense
.
In
botany
and
mycology
, an organism is considered
perfect
if it is capable of
sexual reproduction
; otherwise it is
imperfect
. The terms have nothing to do with the quality of an organism.
Fungi in the Division
Deuteromycota
(informally called the
Fungi imperfecti
) are so classified because sexual reproduction is unknown (or may not occur) in these species.
A
flower
is called
perfect
(synoecious) if it has both
male
and
female
reproductive parts. A perfect or
bisexual
flower has both
stamens
and an
ovary
. If a flower has just male or just female parts it is termed
imperfect
.
Hermaphrodite
angiosperms
are considered perfect relative to all other
seed
-bearing plants.
Perfect
is a song by
The Smashing Pumpkins
from their album
Adore
.
In
music
, perfect
intervals
include the
perfect octave
,
perfect fifth
,
perfect fourth
, and
perfect unison
.
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