HYPOGEAL


Meaning of HYPOGEAL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌhī-pə-ˈjē-əl ]

adjective

or hy·po·ge·an -ˈjē-ən ; or hy·po·ge·ous -ˈjē-əs

Etymology: Late Latin hypogeus subterranean, from Greek hypogaios, from hypo- + gaia earth

Date: 1686

1. : growing or living below the surface of the ground

2. of a cotyledon : remaining below the ground while the epicotyl elongates

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.