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Definition of Hypogean
1. a. Hypogeous.
Definition of Hypogean
1. Adjective. Existing or growing underground. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hypogean
1. hypogeal [adj] - See also: hypogeal
Medical Definition of Hypogean
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypogean
Literary usage of Hypogean
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Charles Darwin's Works by Charles Darwin (1896)
"Acanthus mollis: seedling, with the hypogean cotyledon on thp near side removed
and the radicles cut off: a, blade of first leaf beginning to expand, ..."
2. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1908)
"... hypogean ; fronds two to four, rarely solitary ; spike short and stout. ...
hypogean, usually less than \ the height of the plant. ..."
3. A Student's Text-book of Botany by Sydney Howard Vines (1896)
"The cotyledons are generally epigean: they are hypogean in the Cy- ... and in
Ginkgo, the two hypogean cotyledons ..."
4. Journal of Proceedings and Addresses of the ... Annual Meeting Held at by National Educational Association (U.S.) (1898)
"... are brought within reach of observation only by water as a solvent and sublimant
in the form of lavas, vein-stones, and other rocks of hypogean origin. ..."
5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1903)
"... for hypogean geology as existing surveys have done for epigean geology is now
our crying need. Unless something of this sort is done, ..."
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