Definition of Epigeic

1. epigeous [adj] - See also: epigeous

Lexicographical Neighbors of Epigeic

epigastric arteries
epigastric artery
epigastric fold
epigastric fossa
epigastric hernia
epigastric reflex
epigastric region
epigastric vein
epigastric veins
epigastric voice
epigastrium
epigastrius
epigastrocele
epigeal
epigean
epigeic (current term)
epigene
epigeneses
epigenesis
epigenesist
epigenesists
epigenetic
epigenetic change
epigenetically
epigenetics
epigenic
epigenist
epigenists
epigenome
epigenomes

Literary usage of Epigeic

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

1. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1835)
"On Terrestrial or epigeic Deposits on the surface of the Morea. BY the term Terrestrial or epigeic deposits, we mean all products formed on an emerged part ..."

2. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1835)
"On Terrestrial or epigeic Deposits on the surface of the Marea. BY the term Terrestrial or epigeic deposits, we mean all products formed on an emerged part ..."

3. The Ottawa Naturalist by Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club (1907)
"As the last type of seedlings with epigeic cotyledons may be mentioned the so-called Pseudo-monocotyledones. Characteristic of these is the development of ..."

4. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1907)
"22, h) is very distinct and bears epigeic, petiolate cotyledons with broad blades (fig. 23). While the hypocotyl is cylin- dric and glabrous, the succeeding ..."

5. A Text-book of Mycology and Plant Pathology by John William Harshberger (1917)
"E.—The fruit bodies of the fungi included in this family are subterranean, or epigeic, globose, sessile, or occasionally with a root-like stalk. ..."

6. Botanisches Zentralblatt: Referierendes Organ für das Gesamtgebiet der Botanik by Botanischer Verein in München, Deutsche Botanische Gesellschaft, Berlin (1908)
"The seedling is very small with epigeic cotyledons, and the primary root does not grow out into any considerable length. In some of the lateral roots an ..."

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