Definition of Hypogeal

1. Adjective. existing or growing underground ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hypogeal

1. underground [adj]

Medical Definition of Hypogeal

1. Of germination, having the cotyledon remaining within the seed coat. Compare: epigeal. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypogeal

hypogammaglobulinemias
hypogamy
hypoganglionosis
hypogastric
hypogastric artery
hypogastric ganglia
hypogastric nerve
hypogastric plexus
hypogastric reflex
hypogastric vein
hypogastrium
hypogastrocele
hypogastropagus
hypogea
hypogeal (current term)
hypogean
hypogee
hypogees
hypogene
hypogeneses
hypogenetic
hypogenic
hypogeous
hypogeum
hypogeums
hypogeusia
hypoglobulia

Literary usage of Hypogeal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Biographical Memoirs by National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) (1909)
"Perhaps his most enduring theoretical discussion of that time was that on hypogeal fusion, in which, accepting the validity of the physical arguments ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1904)
"Most geologists think of them as connected with hypogeal reservoirs of melted matter subsisting for indefinitely long periods of time. ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1897)
"hypogeal fusion and eruption tend rather to mingling than to segregation, and transitional rock varieties are not improbably mere fortuitous mixtures of the ..."

4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1897)
"hypogeal fusion and eruption tend rather to mingling than to segregation, and transitional rock varieties are not improbably mere fortuitous mixtures of the ..."

5. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"... group (kept distinct by some) is distinguished by ¡te thick perennial root, large turgid seeds and hypogeal germination. ..."

6. The Journal of Geology by University of Chicago Department of Geology and Paleontology (1897)
"hypogeal refusion results in a re-formation of a heterogeneous liquid. 9. The transitional series of erupted lavas may be explained by chance mixing of ..."

7. Strasburger's Text-book of Botany by Eduard Strasburger, Hans Fitting (1921)
"... hypogeal. The germination of monocotyledonous seeds dill'ers from the cases described above in that after the main root has emerged the sheathing base ..."

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